Coco worm impulse buy - advice?

[ThunderGoose]

I went to the Animal Fair
[Frag Farmers' Market yesterday]
The corals and the worms were there
I impulse bought
A coco worm
And I've lost the metre.

Anyway. I did. I love my feather dusters and have several and I saw the coco worms and thought they'd be a nice addition. Then I came home and Dr. Google says they're very difficult. Has anyone kept them? Any advice or are they doomed?

And why can't we get stores to quit selling the critters that are basically doomed in captivity?

Thanks

 

[Jose Mayo]

I went to the Animal Fair
[Frag Farmers' Market yesterday]
The corals and the worms were there
I impulse bought
A coco worm
And I've lost the metre.

Anyway. I did. I love my feather dusters and have several and I saw the coco worms and thought they'd be a nice addition. Then I came home and Dr. Google says they're very difficult. Has anyone kept them? Any advice or are they doomed?

And why can't we get stores to quit selling the critters that are basically doomed in captivity?

Thanks

Filtration animals generally do not find good environment in our overly "clean" aquariums. They feed on phytoplankton, zooplankton and micro-particulate organic matter most of the time, and can not compete with our skimmers and filter socks.

A new feeding process that is being developed by our forum companion @Jomama , maybe able to help ... we are following:

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/s...hthya-and-scleronephthya.364341/#post-4511034

Regards

 

[PhreeByrd]

I agree, it would be nice if stores stopped selling impossible-to-keep animals. Unfortunately, uninformed consumers keep buying them, so many stores keep stocking them. Like Jose said, our tanks are generally too clean for them to thrive without some assistance.
It is possible to keep coco worms, but they require frequent target feeding. Most SPS coral foods such as cyclopeze or reef roids are appropriate foods for them, as are phytoplankton.

 

[ThunderGoose]

I agree, it would be nice if stores stopped selling impossible-to-keep animals. Unfortunately, uninformed consumers keep buying them, so many stores keep stocking them. Like Jose said, our tanks are generally too clean for them to thrive without some assistance.
It is possible to keep coco worms, but they require frequent target feeding. Most SPS coral foods such as cyclopeze or reef roids are appropriate foods for them, as are phytoplankton.

Sounds like I should move her to my nano - I feed phytoplankton to that tank regularly. Thanks.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Filtration animals generally do not find good environment in our overly "clean" aquariums. They feed on phytoplankton, zooplankton and micro-particulate organic matter most of the time, and can not compete with our skimmers and filter socks.

A new feeding process that is being developed by our forum companion @Jomama , maybe able to help ... we are following:

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/s...hthya-and-scleronephthya.364341/#post-4511034

Regards

Maestro, still trying to perfect my luxor, snake oil. I might call it "Tree of algae". LOL. I'm kidding. But I am on it. Progress looks promising.

 

[Kamden Uelton]

1. These Animals are not impossible, They just need the right setup. I keep 3 crinoids that are considered "Impossible" and I have seen them reproduce
2. A Feather duster is most likely picky like a crinoid, I do not think it will be able to take the Phytoplankton out of the water. It would need a larger food.

I feed Brightwell Aquatics Blizzard-O and I use KZ Sponge Power, The Blizzard-O is used 3-4 times a day 2x in the morning and 1-2x at night.

Good Luck!

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I don’t do much different for any of my filter feeders.

I feed mostly frozen, have a large Refugium.

Dr google isn’t that good all the time.

 

[ThunderGoose]

I have regular feather dusters that are doing well (ie growing in size). I found information that suggested cocoworms are more difficult than typical feather dusters. We'll see how I do with this one. Fingers crossed.

 

[mcpeachy]

1. These Animals are not impossible, They just need the right setup. I keep 3 crinoids that are considered "Impossible" and I have seen them reproduce
2. A Feather duster is most likely picky like a crinoid, I do not think it will be able to take the Phytoplankton out of the water. It would need a larger food.

I feed Brightwell Aquatics Blizzard-O and I use KZ Sponge Power, The Blizzard-O is used 3-4 times a day 2x in the morning and 1-2x at night.

Good Luck!

how to you feed them? target feed them? turn the protein skimmer off? i get kind of sick of sticking my hand in the tank so any ideas to avoid that like a long pippette?

 

[MrObscura]

Don't make impulse buys.

 

[hashbrown1408]

Ran into this feed and thought id share my experiences. I acquired a coco worm 3 years ago now. It still is thriving and is always nicely extended. I’ve never target fed it, in fact any movement near it that isn’t ‘random’ causes it to take cover. i have to say I haven’t been the best with testing tank parameters either and it’s held up pretty well.