To catch (or kill) a eunicid worm.....

johnd4g

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Does anyone know of a predator to kill a eunicid worm? The eunicid is about a foot long. I thought I had killed it with a freshwater dip of my live rock, but he's back and he's destroying my zoas again.
My 46 gallon presently has 2 Chromis, 1 Clown, a cleaner shrimp, an urchin, oodles of snails, and several corals (softies, LPS, and 1 SPS).
I've tried everything to catch or kill this worm, but no luck. Traps have failed, removal of all live rock for fresh water dips have failed, and trying to grab him with my hand has failed!!!
I'm worn out and desperate. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks!
 
Try a fullsize wine carafe baited with raw shrimp. Tilt it up against your rocks and leave it overnight. Even a foot long worm may not be able to push up out of that. Another trap that works well is a liter bottle of coke, cut off at the label top, then the top inverted and glued inside. Same bait.

If that fails, get a fishtrap, with a fishing line attached, and a redlight, and sit and wait all night until the worm takes the bait.

And failing that---sit with a red light and figure out what rock he's in, grab that rock at top priority, and set it out to dry. You can spare one rock---and five'll get you ten it's in a specimen rock---unfortunately.
 
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