Baby Feather Worm?

[katonge]

This came with some new corals. Is this a baby feather?

 

[DSC reef]

That is a feather duster, harmless filter feeder.

 

[katonge]

That is a feather duster, harmless filter feeder.

So should I just drop him into the tank with the corals?

 

[DSC reef]

Yes, maybe put it a little in the sand bed next to a rock.

 

[stanleo]

This happened to me when I put a coral in the tank. It actually had about twenty. There are probably more in there already.

 

[katonge]

Thanks guys. Just thought I would double check. Still very new to this

 

[Difficult09]

Watch out they grow fast and get everywhere.

 

[ahiggins]

Don’t they usually die off and get to a stable level? I have a ton in my newer tank but also had a ton in my older one but don’t see them.
Even if they don’t die off, they don’t hurt anything

 

[eschaton]

Don’t they usually die off and get to a stable level? I have a ton in my newer tank but also had a ton in my older one but don’t see them.
Even if they don’t die off, they don’t hurt anything

With featherdusters, it depends upon the type. The bigger types don't tend to persist well in our tanks, and eventually starve to death (much like barnacles, clams, etc). Tiny ones like spirorbids grow abolutely everywhere in mature tanks (including on the glass). Some of the "cluster duster" types also do well in our tanks, since they reproduce asexually (splitting in half more or less, with each new tail forming a new head).

 

[ahiggins]

Cool. Learn something new every day

 

[El_Guapo13]

I miss mine. Not sure how the two died. Definitely wasn't because I accidentally knocked over my rockwork and crushed them. You have no proof, therefore I am innocent!!!