Do triggers eat large bristle worms?

fantastic4 · 10/18/2006, 11:28 AM

Has anyone seem them chow down on the big ones? specifcally a clown trigger.

Titan*69 · 10/18/2006, 11:59 AM

In general it's not one of the items on the menu, but if they saw one dangling out from the LR, and they were remotely hungry; I couldn't see them hesitating on having a midnight snack.

I like Triggers · 10/18/2006, 12:05 PM

i have seen my humu eat them a lot. when i had a reef tank and fowlr side by side i could pull them out of the reef and drop them in the fowlr and my humu would destroy the bristle worms. they were probably no bigger then 2-3" long.

Titan*69 · 10/18/2006, 12:24 PM

When fish learn that things dropped in a tank usually are food, no doubt they're gonna eat whatever it is. I had 2 in my tank for years, and with 3 triggers no one has touched them; unfortunately.

fantastic4 · 10/18/2006, 02:05 PM

Other than the Harlequin Tusk, any other fish that will gobble down large britsle worms without hesitation?

I like Triggers · 10/18/2006, 02:17 PM

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Originally posted by Titan*69
When fish learn that things dropped in a tank usually are food, no doubt they're gonna eat whatever it is.

Thats true... but I never had bristleworms in my aggressive tanks... even when I move rock around. I think in general triggers will just attack any small moving things in the water.

exsequor · 06/23/2017, 09:39 PM

Old thread. My 4.5" or so Humu just ate bristle worms I was trying to add to "his" tank today.

They were 2-6" in length (no big ones, but not super tiny by any means). He chomped on all but one.

2una · 06/24/2017, 04:49 PM

Charlie you seen any bristleworms?...... no i seen no bristleworms boss

Louis Z · 09/07/2017, 04:49 AM

Cracking me up

Papermonkeys · 09/07/2017, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Louis Z

Cracking me up

hhaha this exactly!!

alton · 09/08/2017, 05:34 AM

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Originally Posted by fantastic4

Other than the Harlequin Tusk, any other fish that will gobble down large britsle worms without hesitation?

My boss had a longnose hawkfish that consumed them.

Breadman03 · 09/08/2017, 08:53 AM

I spotted my bristletail filefish/A. tomentosus go after one in QT, and haven't seen one in my display since shortly after adding it.

McPuff · 09/21/2017, 03:18 AM

I definitely think that hawkfish eat them. I don't ever see bristleworms in my reefs and I always have a hawkfish. Prior to adding them, I would occasionally see the bristles. But not afterward. I also think that wrasses (melanurus for sure) will eat these things. Triggers will eat pretty much anything, especially if they are hungry!

I do see the bristleworms in my refugium, where I do not have any fishes (for now). It'll be interesting to see what happens when I add a trigger or two to the fuge.

10/18/2006, 11:28 AM	#1
fantastic4 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 662	Do triggers eat large bristle worms? Has anyone seem them chow down on the big ones? specifcally a clown trigger.

10/18/2006, 11:59 AM	#2
Titan*69 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Ontario,Cdn Posts: 557	In general it's not one of the items on the menu, but if they saw one dangling out from the LR, and they were remotely hungry; I couldn't see them hesitating on having a midnight snack. __________________ Grimreefer Current Tank Info: 210 with 90GL sump, 100 Undy, and a minute 40QT

10/18/2006, 12:05 PM	#3
I like Triggers Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Simi Valley, CA Posts: 885	i have seen my humu eat them a lot. when i had a reef tank and fowlr side by side i could pull them out of the reef and drop them in the fowlr and my humu would destroy the bristle worms. they were probably no bigger then 2-3" long. __________________ Mark Murray Current Tank Info: 225g Aggressive/Mixed Reef

10/18/2006, 12:24 PM	#4
Titan*69 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Ontario,Cdn Posts: 557	When fish learn that things dropped in a tank usually are food, no doubt they're gonna eat whatever it is. I had 2 in my tank for years, and with 3 triggers no one has touched them; unfortunately. __________________ Grimreefer Current Tank Info: 210 with 90GL sump, 100 Undy, and a minute 40QT

10/18/2006, 02:05 PM	#5
fantastic4 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 662	Other than the Harlequin Tusk, any other fish that will gobble down large britsle worms without hesitation?

06/23/2017, 09:39 PM	#7
exsequor Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 224	Old thread. My 4.5" or so Humu just ate bristle worms I was trying to add to "his" tank today. They were 2-6" in length (no big ones, but not super tiny by any means). He chomped on all but one.

06/24/2017, 04:49 PM	#8
2una Registered Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: South Africa Posts: 170	Charlie you seen any bristleworms?...... no i seen no bristleworms boss

09/07/2017, 04:49 AM	#9
Louis Z Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Montgomery Posts: 1,257	Cracking me up

09/08/2017, 08:53 AM	#12
Breadman03 New Old School Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Luzerne County, PA Posts: 3,293	I spotted my bristletail filefish/A. tomentosus go after one in QT, and haven't seen one in my display since shortly after adding it.

09/21/2017, 03:18 AM	#13
McPuff Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,735	I definitely think that hawkfish eat them. I don't ever see bristleworms in my reefs and I always have a hawkfish. Prior to adding them, I would occasionally see the bristles. But not afterward. I also think that wrasses (melanurus for sure) will eat these things. Triggers will eat pretty much anything, especially if they are hungry! I do see the bristleworms in my refugium, where I do not have any fishes (for now). It'll be interesting to see what happens when I add a trigger or two to the fuge.