frootbat Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 I'm getting ready to move my clownfish from a 12g noobcube to a 33g long, and I'm almost ready to start cycling the new tank. I wanted to seed with a piece of rock from the 12g, but it has feather dusters and tons of what I have to assume are feather duster babies! I have never read that feather dusters are a pest like aipstasia or bubble algae, but damn, these guys are everywhere! If you look at the pic below, there are little white spots everywhere, like nerite eggs. Should I write off the possibility of using any of this rock to seed the new tank? Will it hurt if I put a piece in for a day? A week? I just don't want to end up with a feather duster species tank Link to comment
Boggers Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 These worms are related to a feather duster but are not true dusters. They do not get any bigger than the largest one you see in this pic. They are opportunistic filter feeders and good to have. Any coral will just grow right over them. Link to comment
frootbat Posted April 30, 2014 Author Share Posted April 30, 2014 They breed like rabbits! Turbo rabbits! Link to comment
Arkayology Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Keep them! I wish I had some in my system. All I have are 3 or 4 small red ones. I wish those grew faster. Link to comment
frootbat Posted April 30, 2014 Author Share Posted April 30, 2014 Well, if the egg-looking things grow up into adults, I will have 3 or 4 hundred Link to comment
ETucc Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Something tells me a crab or shrimp might take some of those off of your hands. But I don't know much about feather dusters... Link to comment
Tamberav Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Well, if the egg-looking things grow up into adults, I will have 3 or 4 hundred those aren't feather duster 'babies. They are spirorbis, they stay small and are harmless. Link to comment
frootbat Posted April 30, 2014 Author Share Posted April 30, 2014 Hmm...maybe I have been overfeeding the 12g then. So I guess if I move a rock with these on it to the new 33g tank to help it cycle, they will die off since there aren't too many nutrients in a cycling tank. I guess I'm worrying about nothing. My bad. Link to comment
iceet Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 Sometimes it helps to get your thoughts out. Link to comment
Horerczy Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 Those guys are really awesome. I had some a while back growing some insanely long tubes in my sump but they were safe from predation there so they could get away with it. Link to comment
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