Ophiura Please read

[artista]

I just purcased a bristle star from SWF and he arrived in great health. After the acclimation period he seemed pretty happy under a rock that I know is infeated with Bristle worms. Some of these worms are getting almost as thick as a pencil. The starfish came out last night to eat and he had a huge hole in his back. Could the giant bristle worms have done this? The starfish is still alive this morning, under a different group of rocks. Do you think this will kill him? I really like him but was suprised to see him still alive.
Also I know the bristle worms are good, but how many are too many and what are their natural predators?
I acclimated over a 2 hour period in the dark as suggested by SWF.com. He came out to eat last night after the lights went out. I didn't actually see him eat though.
All my water parimeters are great except nitrites .5-.10 but I just did a water change to help remedy that.
Can this be reversed?
Thank You,
Christy

 

[beth]

I copied this to the Reef Forum earlier, and now I copied it to the Shark tank to see if we can get Ophiura's attention.

 

[saltyj]

I have something posted in the new hobbyist about the same issue. I know though that my nassarius snails ate mine and they ate the whole body and now he is dropping his legs. She has not responded to my thread yet either. Keep checking there to see if she does. it is titled "Ophirua help star emergency"