Opinion on this Bristle Worm should he stay?

[devimik]

Gotcha - I tend to overfeed, so I used to have tons of them in my rock and sand, but since getting the Dottyback, I see very few - usually when moving coral or rock - they're under it. I agree on them being able to eat relatively defenseless critters. Of course, it could also be my Flame Hawkfish and Green Filefish eating them too. I've seen my Filefish with bristleworm bristles stuck to his face.

 

[Joe0813]

good part of the clean up crew

 

[Tulsa]

I'll bet those snail were already dead.

You'd lose that bet.

Just last night, after my moon lighting had kicked in, a snail was on the foremost rock in the tank and a bristle worm had come partially out and reached out to the snail. I chased him back into his rocky enclave and when I removed the flashlight's light, he started back out again. Finally I had to move the snail to keep it alive.

Slimey little devil.

 

[WVfishguy]

You'd lose that bet.

Just last night, after my moon lighting had kicked in, a snail was on the foremost rock in the tank and a bristle worm had come partially out and reached out to the snail. I chased him back into his rocky enclave and when I removed the flashlight's light, he started back out again. Finally I had to move the snail to keep it alive.

Slimey little devil.

You still don't know if the worm would have/could have killed the snail.

 

[Tulsa]

You still don't know if the worm would have/could have killed the snail.

I'm not going to sit there and watch it eat the snail. If that's what it takes for you to believe, then I suppose you'll just have to be a non-believer.

 

[hkgar]

some do and some don't. Depends on species.
https://animals.mom.me/control-bristle-worms-marine-aquarium-4442.html