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I hear they can hurt coral. What is your thought on that?I would leave them as I also have them and love them. I wish more would grow. But it's up to you
Are you sure? They look like feather dusters to me but I’m new so I will stand corrected if I’m wrongThose are hydroids. Get rid of them.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1112089Are you sure? They look like feather dusters to me but I’m new so I will stand corrected if I’m wrong
Correct, yes if they are disturbed they will vanish. My LFS said that I should put superglue on the tips and remove them from the rocks. Any thoughts?They actually look like tubeworms to me. If you disturb them, do the little fans all suddenly vanish?
Hydroids can sting corals they're directly up against, but some corals will grow right over them. They usually aren't a problem.
The only picture I can see in this thread is a photo of feather dusters.http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1112089
I saw this awhile ago or you can google Colonial Hydroids
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1112089
I saw this awhile ago or you can google Colonial Hydroids
Yup. Feather dusters confirmed in the thread you postedhttp://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1112089
I saw this awhile ago or you can google Colonial Hydroids
Right, yes, if I look under the rock. The white root like structure is a lot more visible. I appreciate everyone's feedback. I feel like they must be some time of feather duster / worm now.Some people buy feather dusters. Consider yourself lucky you got them for free if you like them
did you turn over your rock? They seem to like darker places to grow their tubes in my tank.
i saw my hermit crab feasting on most of mine and I only have 1 feather duster left (to my knowledge) since that incident.
Feather dusters are a type of wormRight, yes, if I look under the rock. The white root like structure is a lot more visible. I appreciate everyone's feedback. I feel like they must be some time of feather duster / worm now.
I hear they can hurt coral. What is your thought on that?
ok cool. I have had some friends that have had their coral suffocated and stung by them.If you listened to everything you ever read on these forums, you would constantly be keeping all your fish in a quarantine tank with copper and Prizapro. Dipping your corals in tree stump remover, changing the water every 2 1/2 hours and using outside air in your skimmer so you don't change the pH. The rest of your free time you would be on the disease forums with 16 problems a day including where do you get calibration fluid for your expensive, not needed refractometer.
They are simple, cute, harmless tube worms that sit there minding their own business and occasionally remove some tiny bit of something floating in your water that maybe shed off your cat or parakeet.
So that is my thought on that.