Feather duster worms

[HungryDucky]

Set up a tank few months back and has mainly dry rock but I did put a small piece of live rock to help. I noticed a feather duster worm and now I look around the tank and can count 7 of them now. Is that normal? Do they multiply alot of is it most likely the live rock just had a few hitchhikers?

 

[KStatefan]

I have them all over my tank now. Most say they are not bad but I hate them.

 

[HungryDucky]

I mean I kinda like them. I just don't want them everywhere. They seem to all sit towards the bottom to feed on my apmhipods.

 

[sfin52]

I mean I kinda like them. I just don't want them everywhere. They seem to all sit towards the bottom to feed on my apmhipods.

Are you sure it's a feather duster. Featherduster are filter feeders.

 

[HungryDucky]

Pretty sure they are. Just figured they'd eat amphipods cus the dusters tend to hang around near where plenty of them are

 

[Mikedawg]

Looks more like aiptasia to me

 

[cdnco2004]

Kill it with FIRE! lol That is Aipstasia not a feather duster. They are an evasive anemone. Time for some Aipstasia-X.

 

[sfin52]

Looks more like aiptasia to me

Agree that's aneone common name is aptasia

 

[HungryDucky]

Oh how lovely lol. Someone told me they were feather dusters on here few weeks ago. Any idea on how to remove them?

 

[KStatefan]

Oh how lovely lol. Someone told me they were feather dusters on here few weeks ago. Any idea on how to remove them?

That looks different then the picture you posted in the other thread.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Set up a tank few months back and has mainly dry rock but I did put a small piece of live rock to help. I noticed a feather duster worm and now I look around the tank and can count 7 of them now. Is that normal? Do they multiply alot of is it most likely the live rock just had a few hitchhikers?

These you see may be tubeworms which emit a fan to capture food and can be a nuisance when in large numbers

 

[Mikedawg]

Oh how lovely lol. Someone told me they were feather dusters on here few weeks ago. Any idea on how to remove them?

Just search R2R; probably most common topic

 

[dcsorrell]

Aptaisia X or Joe's Juice, or squirt boiling hot water on them. Be ready for an ongoing battle, because you'll think you got them, and then they'll pop up in another spot. Bergia (sp?) nudibranches eat them exclusively. Filefish also eat them. You do want to get rid of them, for certain.

 

[Stephen8169301]

Aptaisia X or Joe's Juice, or squirt boiling hot water on them. Be ready for an ongoing battle, because you'll think you got them, and then they'll pop up in another spot. Bergia (sp?) nudibranches eat them exclusively. Filefish also eat them. You do want to get rid of them, for certain.

Aptaisia file fish took care of mine

 

[gratefulbean]

Tube worms good, apstasia bad

 

[cdnco2004]

That is Aipstasia not even close to feather dusters. They are an evasive anemone. Time for some Aipstasia-X.

Oh how lovely lol. Someone told me they were feather dusters on here few weeks ago. Any idea on how to remove them?

Aipstasia-X.

 

[Double monti 61]

Wow I had/have some aptasia none in the main tank I believe my peppermint shrimp took care of them although I have a few small ones in one of my hang on back filters and they do not seem to multiply so I leave them there but the ones I have and had do not seem to be as large as the ones I see in your system are there different types?

 

[Waters]

To the OP, yeah, they multiple like crazy....especially on dry rock for some reason. I have hundreds lol.
Edit - Nevermind....I didn't look at the picture. Definitely Aiptasia.

 

[PatW]

Looks more like aiptasia to me

That is my thought also.