Caught my fish eating a bristleworm.

[AMAYEU]

Look who's got an appetite for bristleworms, Mr Randall and shrimp partner in crime.
Sorry for the dirty tank.

 

[woodnaquanut]

Wow. A meal that comes with it's own toothpicks!

 

[cbrennan4]

Haha that's a great picture!

 

[1kwksvt]

My wife just caught a 4.5 + inch bristle worm eating a dead snail

 

[Dragonvale]

I hate bristle worms! In my old 120 I caught 7-8 inch one. Here is the article I read a longtime ago which made me dislike them.

http://www.oregonreef.com/sub_worm.htm

 

[Reef Bass]

I saw my melanurus wrasse pull one out of a rock and schlurp it down like linguine. Sweet.

I had a bazillion bristles until they were displaced by small brittle stars. It appears the brittles out competed the bristles and now they are no more. When I moved a year ago I didn't find a single bristle worm despite complete tank disassembly.

 

[lokii_37]

I expierienced something similar Ken. i used to have a ton of bristles and almost no brittles. I cant even remember the last time i saw a bristle in my tank but i get tiny brittle legs poking out everywhere when i feed.

Only one more post to make 1000

 

[NeonFish]

when I moved from SR, found 2 bristleworms that were over a foot long.

 

[swk]

Excuse the noob question - are these things good or bad???

 

[Reef Bass]

They are generally considered a valuable part of a clean up crew. Some people find larger ones and others are just plain freaked out by them. Touching them can result in an localized itching and swelling / dermatitis as their bristles are very fine and irritating.