Bought chaeto for refugium, got feather dusters?

Mark9 · 10/08/2013, 06:20 AM

Bought a ball of chaeto for my refugium this past weekend.
last night I notice I have "alot" of one inch long feather dusters in there as well.
Do I need to be alarmed?

thegrun · 10/08/2013, 06:41 AM

Are you sure they are feather dusters? They usually attach themselves to a solid substraight.

jdezek · 10/08/2013, 06:51 AM

There not your regular feather dusters they won't get any bigger. There like Astria star fish and all the other tiny version life forms you find. They shouldn't hert anything. I had them at one point not sure what happened to them but there gone now.

Mark9 · 10/08/2013, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by thegrun

Are you sure they are feather dusters? They usually attach themselves to a solid substraight.

They look exactly like a large feather duster with tube and feather, but they are one inch long.
When I shined a light on one, he pulled back into his tube.
I'll post a picture when I get home tonight.
They are in the chaeto, and some have fallen out and are sitting on the glass bottom.

reeferstace · 10/08/2013, 07:08 AM

If they are feather dusters there is no need to be alarmed. They are harmless filterfeeders.

Reefin' Dude · 10/08/2013, 09:50 AM

just another indicator that there is plenty of food in the water. like algae, tube worms are just an indicator that the system has enough food for them.

G~

Mark9 · 10/08/2013, 02:54 PM

picture

noobofthereef · 10/08/2013, 02:59 PM

Yup that is a feather duster

Mark9 · 10/09/2013, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by noobofthereef

Yup that is a feather duster

I have many in the fuge.
Leave them or is it OK to move some to the DT?

noobofthereef · 10/09/2013, 03:25 PM

I would not move them. I hate it when they grow on a zoa rock- they bother my zoas and don't let them open.

10/08/2013, 06:20 AM	#1
Mark9 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Atlanta Posts: 2,497	Bought chaeto for refugium, got feather dusters? Bought a ball of chaeto for my refugium this past weekend. last night I notice I have "alot" of one inch long feather dusters in there as well. Do I need to be alarmed?

10/08/2013, 07:08 AM	#5
reeferstace I'm a little people Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Over Yonder Posts: 1,392	If they are feather dusters there is no need to be alarmed. They are harmless filterfeeders. __________________ Stacy

10/08/2013, 09:50 AM	#6
Reefin' Dude Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Durham, NC Posts: 739	just another indicator that there is plenty of food in the water. like algae, tube worms are just an indicator that the system has enough food for them. G~ __________________ Friends don't let friends use refugiums. Current Tank Info: Not dead yet.

10/08/2013, 06:41 AM	#2
thegrun Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Garden Grove, Ca Posts: 17,023	Are you sure they are feather dusters? They usually attach themselves to a solid substraight.

10/08/2013, 06:51 AM	#3
jdezek Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Savannah, GA Posts: 386	There not your regular feather dusters they won't get any bigger. There like Astria star fish and all the other tiny version life forms you find. They shouldn't hert anything. I had them at one point not sure what happened to them but there gone now.

10/08/2013, 02:54 PM	#7
Mark9 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Atlanta Posts: 2,497	picture

10/08/2013, 02:59 PM	#8
noobofthereef Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 148	Yup that is a feather duster

10/09/2013, 03:25 PM	#10
noobofthereef Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 148	I would not move them. I hate it when they grow on a zoa rock- they bother my zoas and don't let them open.