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So - I've had reef tanks on and off since about 2004 and have had bristleworms in my reefs as long as I can remember... I recently had a temp swing while on vacation that knocked out my entire snail pop, leading to a dino explosion... Had a bunch of work going on so let the tank run its course and it's now clearing up. Needless to say a goliath bristleworm has become the king of the tank. It's about 6-7 inches long (which isn't crazy) but it's 1/2 inch thick, and more round/thick than skinny! Last night - I was feeding ~1/4 of a hikari algae wafer to my hermit crabs and this bristle worm comes humming out of the liverock. Roams the edge of the tank following the smell, then plunges into the horde of hermits and bullies them right off the wafer... It pulls the wafer to itself and away from the hermits, then proceeds to eat the 1/4 wafer WHOLE! Like a snake eating a mouse.... I've never seen anything like it... and have now been watching him very closely around my new CUC. Thus far I've seen it go up and "bump" snails on the shell for lack of a better term, but I haven't seen it actually make a move on one. That said, I'm pretty nervous about it... I don't want a $5 trochus becoming a snack for "Bristle Goliath".
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i found this worm its really tiny about less than 2 inches which is too small right now to cause much harm so i will ask now i uploaded a photo its mostly grey-black with a bit of a grey-orange stripe what is it? should i remove it? and what should i do if i need to remove it? and is it safe with inverts?
