Peppermints Eating Bristleworms

[Vitaly]

Have had them for a long time and seen them do a look of cool things in my display (eat Aiptasia, breed/spawn, etc), but I saw this yesterday and was amazed. It took a good 10-15 minutes before it was all over. Anyone else seen their peppermints eating worms?

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Other shots of the action:
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/stepensk/shared/Aquarium/Pepp/02.JPG
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/stepensk/shared/Aquarium/Pepp/03.JPG

 

[possys]

Why not? those shimps will eat any worms

 

[DiscoReefRover]

I have 8 pairs of them in my fuge they will gang up on bristleworms it is truely a sight I wish I had a good video camera I would record it ..I grab a beer and enjoy the fight !!!!

 

[crvz]

I've seen them eat a lot of stuff, including worms and even heard reports of them eating polyps off of euphyllia species. great shot of it in action.

 

[bsmith22]

Mine hides all day. Doesn't eat anything but what I put in. Think its time for a diet of "Go find the aiptasia"........

 

[andrewkw]

Wow I had no idea they eat bristle worms. I should put a bunch in my frag tank there are litterly 100s there. Everytime I do a water change I have to hunt them manually and remove the biggest couple dozen.

 

[Felix T Cat]

I have a ton of bristles in my DT (I kind of like them) but would be interested in a shrimp addition as well.
Would a Peppermint be safe with zoas ?

 

[L98-Z]

You know... that's quite possible. I haven't seen any bristleworms in my tank in some time. Shrimp may be taking care of them.

 

[bhdmc]

This is good news to me. Not aware of this fact. A mult purpose shrimp. I been relying on Fridmani Pseudochromis for this task.