What Eats Bristle Worms?

Z06-Hec · Jul 9, 2015

I have always left them alone in my tank and peek in at night when its dark and see them retreat from the light...
Lately I notice some are huge and there are a lot more... Its getting a little crazy.
What can I get that will eat them?

Opus · Jul 9, 2015

I used to have a mystery wrasse that loved them.

duke4130 · Jul 9, 2015

Melanarus Wrasse

buzzword · Jul 9, 2015

Coral banded shrimp and I had both of the wrasses listed above that ate them.

Z06-Hec · Jul 9, 2015

cool, picking up a melanarus today... $40... a little expensive but its convenient...
Hot Reef has em for $14 but got travel to the Bronx for that.

Daniel@R2R · Jul 10, 2015

arrow crab

NicksMixedReef · Jul 10, 2015

Mystery wrasse, they are awesome fish with tons of personality. But I don't think they are in season right now

Adrian Johnson · Jul 11, 2015

For those that like to watch them at night, apparently they can't see red light. I bought this little red flashlight from Home Depot and use it all the time. They don't even know I'm there. Same with they other fish and such. I'd have to show you an exact article for you to 100% understand, but if you want, check into it yourself. It's really cool.

e-man5252 · Jul 11, 2015

There's a thing called sAnd turtle crab.They are pretty ugly but u will only see them like once a month.It goes all through the sand looking for worms to eat.

Z06-Hec · Jul 11, 2015

So got a male melanarus wrasse and after an hour in my tank... Poof... its gone too....
I was watching him and he was fine, I started cleaning up and when i looked again he's gone.... No trace of him anywhere !!!!
If you look at my other other post my blenny of almost 2 years just disappeared too... poof, no trace at all of either of them...

Z06-Hec · Jul 11, 2015

found him, pulled out a high led flash light and saw his colors in the sand dug very well...
thats a relief.... I didn't know they hide like that.

AdamNC · Jul 11, 2015

LOL on the wrasse hiding.

ot- if the wrasse doesn't work for you I know for a fact Neon Dottybacks will eat them. Had one in my tank for a while til he turned into a demon. I've watched him pull them out of the rocks and swallow them up whole.