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we have a 6 incher, scares the wife, she thinks it's a snake, mainly hangs out in the zoa garden, never bothers anything, excellent scavenger, keep it. the zoas where it hangs out are the healthiest zoas in our tank
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Well I didnt get a chance last night to pull the worm out of the tank. Which is a shame because I woke up to a blue legged hermit crab torn to little bits.
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Is it possible to get a clearer photo? I'm probably wrong, but from the pic you posted it may not be a brislteworm, but a peanut worm. I've seen the odd bristleworm during the day in my system, have also seen my cleaner shrimp yank a small one & eat it. Since you mention you see these primarily at night is why I think it might be peanut worm. I see a number of these extend from their hole at night, more so than bristleworms. It that's what it turns out to be, they are definitely harmless.
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You can almost certainly blame another hermit for that one I think.
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+1 unless it was just an empty molt shell.....
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I just found the same thing, bought an arrow crab. He should hunt down the beast.
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While I don't think they're a problem in the tank, I'm also not a fan of getting their fibreglass-like bristles in my hand. I don't have any that I'm aware of in my tank, lots of other critters though.
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One big sucker (over 8" long) actually killed one of my seahorses years ago. I was watching the tank & it came out of its hole and bit the seahorse in the chest. The pony thrashed about but the worm didn't let go for over 10 secs. I ended up tearing apart the tank to catch the worm out. The pony died a couple of days later. So I'm in the "not a fan" category.
Small ones I have no problems with. Big ones I catch out and kill. A sign you're overfeeding is when there are lots of bristle worms. Anthony
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