Bristleworms:friend or foe?

Well everyone are they to be welcomed in the reef tank or should they be classed as an enemy?

Take care,

best detritivore money can buy

They are good. Just don't take them out and pet them, unless you have arthritis in your fingeres that needs a treatment

Though I did have one that decided it liked silicone.

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or should they be classed as an enemy?

As said, great detrivore and they keep the sub stirred. However, thay can get out of control, so I added an arrow crab who attacks with a vengance any bristleworm who is stupid enough to show himself in the display tank. The DSB in the 'fuge looks like an ant farm with all the tunnels against the glass.

Hey,

From what I know (which is I admit is minimal...) they are good for the most part-excelent cleaners. But sometimes they get a taste for corals, in which case they come out. I caught one of mine red-handed(? ) trying to munch on my Hammer Coral.... been trying to catch him ever since. My LFS told me that unless you do catch them, leave them. Once you catch them, get them out. Makes sense to me. (my bristle worm is also suspect in my dead torch coral, but never caught him on that one. )

S.