Known bristleworm predators

Arrow crabs work on bristleworms

 

I use to have a spotted hawkfish who would eat them. He also killed shrimp though.

 

Got rid of mine by putting the live rock in a tank in the basement with no heat and in several days they were in several corners in the tank curled up and dead along with the aptasia. I swear they were killing little fish like my blue spotted jaw fish and fire fish. Many threads say there harmless though. Get rid of empty shells they hold eggs.

 

Coral banded shrimp, arrow crabs, some hawkfish, and the "lined wrasses".

 

I've heard of some people using traps to get them out. Google it and there's some designs for DIY bristleworm traps out there.

--AJ

 

We actually have a trap at the store I came accross. You just empty out the worms once a day.