Feather duster worm

[smdomachowske]

Can you tell if your feather duster worm is reproducing? I read it can happen sexually and asexually. So sexually the sperm and egg get released into the water…can you see them? And how do they start forming into a new worm? I also read that they do a “dance” when they are trying to reproduce. What is that?

And asexually; does the new feather duster start growing from the foot?

Also does it matter if my feather dusters are close together in my reef tank?

 

[TX_REEF]

doesn't matter if they are close together, they don't mind be crowded. I'm not sure the specifics of the reproduction, but I do know that I've never purchased a feather duster, got a small few as hitchikers, and now I have easily near a hundred, so they certainly reproduce one way or another given ideal conditions.

 

[BryanM]

I have several from my gulf live rock, but I don't know that I've noticed the population increasing.