Bristle_Worm
In Memoriam
That is a beautiful anemone.
OrionN Green Gigantea
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Bristle_Worm
In Memoriam
He looks very happy. 
OrionN
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My green Gigantea ate a larger bristle worm yesterday. It took him 6 hrs but he ate it. It seem the worm is protected from the anemone sting when he balled up but as he uncoiled to try to craw out he would get sting. Eventually he died and was swallowed by the anemone. My anemone look a little ragged after the event but by the morning he is back to looking like normal.
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I would pretty much think the bristles actually kept him off the cells and kept him alive. Once he started to move he stretched out and the cells stung it.
Pretty interesting. I have had them in my skin enough to know that I would never want to swallow one.
Pretty interesting. I have had them in my skin enough to know that I would never want to swallow one.
OrionN
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That was what happened. When the worm coiled up he was just a ball of bristles. He can't just stay like that he have to stress out to move and got stung. The few stung that the anemone got in him eventually kill him. He loosing up after he died and the anemone swallowed him, bristle and all.
OrionN
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This evening, the day after he ate the large bristle worm, I came home to find him contracted, but not completely deflated. Still he looks kinda bad. I will see how he is tomorrow. If he contracted like this one more time I will take him out and treat him. I guess is that the Bristle worm is not such a good thing for him to eat.
I will keep this in mind the next time I see an anemone try to eat a bristle worm. The last time one of my anemone attempted to eat a bristle worm was a Magnifica. He was not successful but was sick for a few days after the event.
I will keep this in mind the next time I see an anemone try to eat a bristle worm. The last time one of my anemone attempted to eat a bristle worm was a Magnifica. He was not successful but was sick for a few days after the event.
