I need someone to ID this

[jcg432]

I have bought a couple of fish and within 2-3 days the fish vanish.....

I wanna know if this is the culprit








Please help!

[CarmieJo]

I think it looks like a bristleworm. They are detrivores and not predators.

[Skurvey Dog]

Looks like a very healthy Bristleworm. They are good guys! I always thought my larger ones had become quite beautiful, because if you look at them close enough under good lighting, you can see beautiful irredescent colors. They have never bothered my fish and my fish have gotten a mere hairs breath away from them and are not disturbed at all. They all just want to get something to eat when you feed the tank.

[CarmieJo]

Do the fish just disappear or do you see bodies?

[jcg432]

No bodies just gonna like magic..... I can't figure it out.... I also have a brown serpant star... I don't know just fishing....

[CarmieJo]

The green brittle stars are known to be fish eaters but I have never heard this of serpent stars.

[Carty]

bristle worms become predators when they get big enough, but he isn't big enough

if you haven't seen any bodies... check your sump and your overflow... also, if you just got the fish a few days ago they are probably hiding, if you havent seen them by saturday I would be concerned.. but first look around

[CarmieJo]

Common bristleworms are detrivores. Eunice worms grow large ( like a few feet) and can become predators.

[Carty]

maybe thats what im thinking of

[lance]

I have bought a couple of fish and within 2-3 days the fish vanish.....

I wanna know if this is the culprit








Please help!

It look's like a fire worm which is no good look it up online for better reference's

lance

[Dragonwolf]

Yep-bristleworm but they won't eat fish. I was missing a true percula for days and could never figure out where it was...no body parts and no nitrate spike??? Found her a week later behind my main pump when I was oiling it. It was petrified from the pumps heat so I mounted it. How she got out of the tank I'll never know. Must have been when I was doing a water change.