Is there a way to lower the numbers?

[Mykesocalreef]

I have a ton of these critters in my tank. Looking for a way to control numbers. Anybody have any suggestions? I borrowed this pic from @fenijer. They had a post and didn’t want to hijack the thread.

 

[KJ]

Pic to blurry.

 

[Mykesocalreef]

My best description would be soft bodied, free floating feather duster.

 

[Mykesocalreef]

Here is another pic, but in tank and really hard to get up close. You can see the three feathers beneath the orange coral.

 

[fenijer]

I have a ton of these critters in my tank. Looking for a way to control numbers. Anybody have any suggestions? I borrowed this pic from @fenijer. They had a post and didn’t want to hijack the thread.

I read that while they're little a wrasse will eat them but I'm not sure if that's universally true or if it's specific wrasse species.

 

[Mykesocalreef]

I read that while they're little a wrasse will eat them but I'm not sure if that's universally true or if it's specific wrasse species.

Did you ever find the actual name for these little dusters?

 

[Bob Loblaw]

Copperband will wipe them out quickly. I’ve never had a Copperband bother coral but looks like you have a wide assortment at risk.

 

[Mykesocalreef]

I’ve read those fish are timid, sensitive as well. Not sure how one would do with my tang bullies. Thanks for the help though I really appreciate your input.

 

[fenijer]

Did you ever find the actual name for these little dusters?

I didn't. I put him in the tank & hoped for the best but I have a wrasse so he may have been a mid morning snack because he was so little.

 

[Mykesocalreef]

I didn't. I put him in the tank & hoped for the best but I have a wrasse so he may have been a mid morning snack because he was so little.

What did you put in that became a snack? The feather duster?

 

[fenijer]

What did you put in that became a snack? The feather duster?

Yes, the tiny featherduster. It was a hitchhiker on some pants that I bought for my hermit crabs to rip up (I plant it, they destroy it, I plant it, they destroy it ... it's a fun game). I put it in a different plant that the crabs leave alone but if it swam off, wrasse could have had a snack.