Missing corals and feather duster..is the bristleworm the culprit?

gournami

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I have a couple of kenya tree frags, a few mushrooms and a feather duster that are missing in a particular portion of the tank where I have seen a few bristle worms. Would the bristleworm be the culprit? If so, I know they are good to get rid of detrius and was wondering how to trap them and move them to the refugium from the display tank. Any recommendations on good traps?
 
I have tons of bristle worms because I overfeed my 46 gallon tank because of the orange spotted filefish. I also have coco worms, feather dusters, and mushrooms and have not had any problems. Seems more like your water quality is off somewhere.

If you want to catch the worms, you can feed the tank and use tweezers or needle nose pliers to grab them out.
 
i never seen a bristle worm hurt anything, i got alot of them too, but you can get a sixline wrasse to solve your problem
 
If you have a ton of them and want to get rid of them take an old pair of pantyhose cut a piece of it and put a piece of food in it loosely knot it up around it when they try to get the food they get caught up in it in the morning just grab it and throw it away I have done it and it has worked great for me just make sure they are clean and the wife or gf is done with it otherwise the bristle worms will be the least of your worries
 
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