bristle worm eating zoas?

[Lanceafer]

Well i did a search and i cant find any info on this. I was watching my tank and i saw a few zoa polyps close on one side. I thought that's odd there is nothing there. So I looked at the other side of the frag and there is a bristle worm with its head pressed against a polyp. I had never heard of them bothering zoas before so i watched it a little. I didn't see any marks on the polyp but they looked very unhappy. Its been about 3 hours now and they all opened back up except for the ones that got bothered. I'm i going crazy or is there something to this.

[geoxman]

they are dead or dieing. good luck

[Sk8r]

Bristleworms can't eat anything but slime. Their mouths aren't made to bite.

[DaveJ]

They don't eat em, but they will go after dead tissue or debris around them. In the process, they may irritate them a bit. Zoos and Palys should be used to bristleworms though and it shouldn't cause any perm problems for it.

[delsol650]

Are you sure its a bristle worm not the 5 antena monster that's a coral eater..