Feather or Vermetid?

[Hoodstream]

Title says it all. Body is a single color so I’m leaning towards feather duster, single grey tubing but it literally showed up overnight….

 

[Koty]

vermatid

 

[LiveFreeAndReef]

I vote feather!

 

[moorjames]

Looks like a vermetid to me- does it send out a spider web like thread?

 

[Hoodstream]

Looks like a vermetid to me- does it send out a spider web like thread?

I’ve seen no activity from it yet, it’s body up close does look like a feathers tho which is weird I don’t wanna kill it if it’s a feather.

 

[Koty]

Feather dusters will be on rocks or glass and are usually white

 

[LiveFreeAndReef]

I’ve seen no activity from it yet, it’s body up close does look like a feathers tho which is weird I don’t wanna kill it if it’s a feather.

if you use a turkey baster (or something similar) to storm up a bunch of particulate you'll know right away. A vermetid will have its mucus net out quickly to grab food

 

[Hoodstream]

if you use a turkey baster (or something similar) to storm up a bunch of particulate you'll know right away. A vermetid will have its mucus net out quickly to grab food

I’m going to go mess with it and see what happens.

 

[LiveFreeAndReef]

I’m going to go mess with it and see what happens.

That'll give you an answer fast! I leaned towards feather just because I've never had a vermetid on my substrate but I've been wrong (once) before lol

 

[Spare time]

Vermatid is solid rock like. The feather would be squishy

 

[Koty]

Vermatid:

FDs:

 

[Udest]

It might be a small red feather duster ive seen them at one lfs i go to and they camp out in the substrate

 

[Hoodstream]

So I went and poked it and the whole thing blew away in a single tube. I don’t have a picture cause it literally went floating into the current of my wave maker and is now mia.

 

[Udest]

yeah don't sound like a vermited since those are hard and sharp that might have been just the dusters tube you blew away , check back in a day or two and see if it spins a new one in the same spot.