Worm Bothering BLasto to Death?

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I bought a blasto from my LFS about a week ago. It is partially damaged, but the colors are incredible on the good part.
I dipped it in Coral RX per instructions before putting it in my tank.
A couple of nights later I notice a pretty big bristle worm looking thing sticking it's head out and moving across the top of the coral. It was not colored like the rest of the bristle worms in my tank with the red ends. This one was all grey, at least the part I saw. Then I watched it more, and it looks like the coral is dead exactly where this worm would stick out and move.
I am sure it was not eating the coral, but could it have been bothering it enough by moving in the same spot long enough to kill the coral in that area?
I tried a bristle worm trap near the coral and the worm would go halfway in but never all the way.
I ended up dipping the coral again for 45 minutes and killed the worm, although it never came out of the rock the coral is on. I am sure it is dead because all kinds of other critters died in this dip, including two small bristle worms.
 
It could definitely be bothering it some but for the most part blastos are pretty tough once established in the tank. Give it some time to adjust and recuperate from being dipped so much :)
 
It looks better already. The guy at the LFS said it had been declining and he was not sure why. I was just wondering if the worm could have been the reason.
 
Well I spoke too soon. I looked last night and the worm is still there. That is one resilient worm. Traps back in the tank....
 
I did. Had to trap it. No pictures though. Looked like a bristle worm jus pretty big and did not have the reddish color on the ends like the others in my tank. Was all kind of a grey color.
 

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