bristle worm

[Julie V]

Has anyone ever seen an anemone eat a bristle worm? I accidently shoved one with my tongs into my rbta, he grabed it, closed up, and has reopened again.

 

[commandertekki]

the answer is no... but that's kinda cool.

 

[Julie V]

The anemone just reguritated part of that bristleworm. I used my tongs to extract it from the anenome and now its' tentacles look crinkly and shrunken. Weird. :shock:

 

[rongleaves]

My rose ate one once. I'd picked up an algae clip that had fallen and as I was moving it towards the top of the tank to grab it a bristle worm fell into the anemone. It immediately closed up and ate it. It stayed closed for awhile but finally came back out. I was a little worried for awhile.

 

[DaveJ]

Pretty sure if you ate a pipe cleaner, you'd look funny too

 

[pamo]

the other day, i saw a smallish bristle worm crawling across the face of one of my striped mushrooms. i looked back a few seconds later and he had closed up like a little drawstring purse. about 5 minutes later, he opened and the bristle worm was MIA.

Just another reason i love keeping a reef. the ever changing landscape.