feather duster

  1. S

    Is this Aiptasia or Feather duster?

    1.Is the first picture is of aiptasia or feather duster? 2. I am seeing brown/reddish film like layer on few few sand areas and also on the GSP. Is this cyano?
  2. adamlodge14

    Hitchhiker on lobophyllia

    Hi, I bought a new lobophyllia today and after drip acclimating it for 2 hours, popped it into my tank. After about five minutes a flowery thing popped out of the side of it, is this a feather duster? If so are they harmful or not? (Btw I dipped the coral for five minutes in aqua forest protect dip)
  3. KMCA

    Needing cycle advice

    I bought a live rock for a tank I was starting and have discovered 4 tiny feather dusters living on it (about 1cm across when feathers are extended on the largest) This is my first tank so aside from the live sand and rock it hasn't had a chance to establish itself, I'd rather not lose them but...
  4. jmNoles

    Feather duster?

    Assuming I've got what looks like a feather duster worm on the underside of my superman ricordea. Is this the case? Safe to leave there or should I remove it?
  5. Schraufabagel

    Sea stars with shrimp and feather dusters?

    I’ve been considering a serpent or bristle sea star. Does anyone know if they’ll prey on sexy shrimp or my feather dusters?
  6. Adam1985

    Feather Duster/Tube Worm Getting a Haircut

    Hi all, I’ve noticed from time to time my tube worm/feather duster (calcareous variety, white/red fan) seems to get a “haircut.” It’s happened several times, and the worm seems to grow them back quite quickly. I assume something is doing this; there is a peppermint shrimp that hangs out...
  7. C

    Dual dusters

    It’s been a while! I recently returned from the store to add two feather dusters to my sole duster, as I was on my way home the feather duster left it’s home and now shares a tube, is this normal behavior?
  8. O

    Tube / Feather Duster Worm Mesh Bubbles

    There is this bubble mesh on a medium small feather duster just below the tube worms opening. I assume the feather duster is doing this but was just wondering if anyone knew for what purpose? I’m just curious. I was almost thinking it was scaffolding because it was planing on rapidly expanding...
  9. O

    Threads / bubble mesh below feather duster

    There is this bubble mesh on a medium small feather duster just below the tube worms opening. I assume the feather duster is doing this but was just wondering if anyone knew for what purpose? I’m just curious.
  10. zachSalty

    Feather Dsuter Help

    I got a feather duster from my LFS yesterday. It is not quite 24 hours old. While drip acclimating and throughout the ride home the crown was out. The worm it’s self is not out of the tube and he has looked like this all the time (see picture). I tried spot feeding him this morning and he didn’t...
  11. B

    Feather Duster Invasion or The start of Aiptasia!!

    I was about to do a water change when I saw these guys in the back of my tank. I need to be certain if this is aiptasia as this is not to be taken lightly if untaken care of it will over run my tank. If they are feather dusters I will leave them alone. The tank has been up and running about 2...
  12. D

    Feather Duster Location

    Hi everyone. I just added this feather duster to the tank. Is this a good location for it. Does it seem like it is flowing well?
  13. Schraufabagel

    Tube Worms (specifically Coco)

    I have Reef Roids and Red Sea AB+ for coral feeding. I am getting Reef Nutrition's Phyto Feast for feeding any filter feeders. I am also getting Oyster Feast for general feeding for fish, inverts, and corals. I plan to get a few regular and dwarf feather dusters. My question is, can I house a...
  14. Pharmasqueek

    I need the scientific name of this feather duster!

    Hi guys I need some help. I'm trying to get my LFS to order a special variant of feather duster for me, but the only kind available is Sabellastarte Spectabilis, which is just the typical large Hawaiian feather duster. I don't know if this duster is just a color variant of purple and gold/...
  15. raphgiroux

    Cleaning a dirty used tank

    Hello there, I just bought a 4 yo tank, there is literally thousands of feather duster tubes in my corner overflow box, onto AND into the pvc pipes. How can I wash them off safely for my critters?!? Got a couple yards of PVC plumbings lolll
  16. New2Reefn

    EMERGENCY Is my Welso in trouble?

    Has anybody ever come across a feather duster living inside a brain coral, I have had it 3 months and it is thriving with the exception of an unexpected hitchhiker. Up until the last couple of days all has looked great now the mouth closest to where the fan pops out is looking a little ballooned...
  17. Kardinalfishboi

    Feather duster

    So I got a dwarf colored feather duster yesterday and it wont come out of its tube. A couple of crabs pulled apart the top of it's tube. I think it was dead tissue but I'm not sure. It anchored itself in the sand behind a rock this morning. Does this happen a lot? What should I do?
  18. hds4216

    Tiny white things growing on back of tank and on glass?

    Hi all - there's a ton of tiny white things with feather-like heads growing on the glass and on the back of the tank. They look exactly like mini feather dusters. Is that what they are? Are they bad or indicative of anything negative? Included is a picture.
  19. Ghrommi

    My Turbo Snail is hosting feather dusters

    Just thought I would share one of my turbo snail hosting a pair of feather dusters. I'm also worried they might hurt the snail somehow in the long run, what do you guys think? They appear to be on the outside of the shell, at least for now.
  20. Twalker791

    What is this? Feather duster maybe?

    Hello! I bought some dry live rock and am in the process of fishless-cycling my tank. Today I just noticed this little guy and can’t quite seem to figure out what it is. A feather duster of some kind maybe? Hopefully nothing bad!! Thanks!
  21. BighohoReef

    Is this feather duster gonna torch me torch?

    Hey all, I was moving some stuff around that tank and noticed this little feather duster on my green torch. I've never encountered this with a feather duster before... Wondering if this is going to be an issue or if I should take the little guy off. What's the community say? Thank you for...
  22. AllBirdsAreAweshome

    Feather Duster Worm Feeding Behavior, Up Close!

    Hi y’all! I finished putting this little video together today and figured this would be a perfect place to post it. I’m a bit of a feather duster nerd, as I currently have 4 different species in my little tank, and I love to capture footage of them just doing whatever feather dusters do. This...
  23. R

    Feather duster (or Aiptasia) and Hydroids?

    I got some corals from WWC about two weeks ago. I didn't dip them upon arrival as I'm new to corals... I've kept them in a separate tank to monitor them. Here's what I see so far in terms of possible pests/hitchhikers. If you can please help me identify them and possible remedies, I'd be...
  24. gowlers321

    Found this in my chalice coral

    Can anyone help me identify this and figure out if it is bad for the coral and my tank ?
  25. Accidentalreefers

    Feather duster worm under mushroom cap

    So I have a mushroom with a feather duster worm almost underneath it, it currently split in two halves and I have a feeling it may have been irritated by the feather worm, I have another mushroom on the other side that is doing extreamly well that also has a duster worm underneath it but its...
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