Bristle Worms on Anemone

DoINeedAName? · Nov 22, 2021

what do I do about this?! This anemone is very new, I didn’t know that we had this many bristle worms!

blaxsun · Nov 22, 2021

Time for a sixline wrasse...

kittenbritches · Nov 22, 2021

Holy crap! Someone might have better advice for you, but if it were me, I would move the anemone to suck those buggers out of there!

DoINeedAName? · Nov 22, 2021

kittenbritches said:
Holy crap! Someone might have better advice for you, but if it were me, I would move the anemone to suck those buggers out of there!

Will they hurt the anemone?

vetteguy53081 · Nov 22, 2021

Theyre using the anemone for cover. Although of no harm, See if you can find an arrow crab which eats them like candy.
Wrasses will not eat these. Flatworms, yes but Lord help a fish that tries to ingest a bristleworm with all those needles. Its like a human trying to eat a porcupine.

Arrow crab

Arrow eating a bristleworm

kittenbritches · Nov 22, 2021

DoINeedAName? said:
Will they hurt the anemone?

Their bristles can be quite irritating. I would worry about them bothering the anemone's foot or stalk.

DoINeedAName? · Nov 22, 2021

vetteguy53081 said:
Theyre using the anemone for cover. Although of no harm, See if you can find an arrow crab which eats them like candy.
Wrasses will not eat these. Flatworms, yes but Lord help a fish that tries to ingest a bristleworm with all those needles. Its like a human trying to eat a porcupine.

Arrow crab

Arrow eating a bristleworm

Oh, that is good news then. I have an arrow crab.

DoINeedAName? · Nov 22, 2021

vetteguy53081 said:
Theyre using the anemone for cover. Although of no harm, See if you can find an arrow crab which eats them like candy.
Wrasses will not eat these. Flatworms, yes but Lord help a fish that tries to ingest a bristleworm with all those needles. Its like a human trying to eat a porcupine.

Arrow crab

Arrow eating a bristleworm

Can I have two arrow crabs in a 55 gallon tank?