OMG! PARASITES!

[Euphyllia]

I have a small bristle worm about an inch long under my rock of colony polyps. Will he come out and eat all my coral, sting my fish, and kill everything, or will he stay under his rock and be a good little wormy? also, my Cleaner Shrimp was on my frogspawn earlier. he didn't break anything off, but will he harm it, or was he just eating some dead tissue off it?

 

[sfsuphysics]

He will consume your soul while you sleep!!!

 

[Euphyllia]

Can I have a serious answer? I wanna know how bad it is!

 

[Dyngoe]

1. I don't "love" bristle worms, but as long as they are not "fire" worms or too big then they are actually a good thing.
2. Your cleaner shrimp will go everywhere. He won't harm anything.

 

[Mr. Ugly]

No problem with the bristleworm, but don't touch it if you have your hand in the tank. The bristles hurt.

Shrimp is fine, except they tend to steal food from your lps.

 

[sfsuphysics]

Sorry about that, but yeah bristleworms are IMO one of the best scavengers of uneaten crap in your tank. And as Norman said don't touch it with your barehands, i'll irritate like the dickens!

 

[Mr. Ugly]

Plus they ate Mike's soul

 

[MontanaBay]

sometimes the shrimp will eat the bristle worm's SOUL.......

 

[pixelpixi]

You don't have a flounder, do you? Usually the bristleworm and cleaner shrimp are fine, but they will eat your sole.

 

[Mr. Ugly]

My flounder escaped being eaten.

He was the sole survivor