need ID Please

[biomek]

I just restarted my 225g back up back in October and around February i started seeing these guys pop up in a few places. Now i've got one rock that is completely swarming with these and noticed a few more rocks are starting to take hold. heck i even have some grown on my back wall. I originally thought they were feather dusters but now i'm second guessing myself. they do appear to have the calcarios (sp) tubes on them as best as i can tell. other than reproducing so quickly, are they harmful? i figured they would be decent filter feeders. any thoughts?




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[biomek]

I just restarted my 225g back up back in October and around February i started seeing these guys pop up in a few places. Now i've got one rock that is completely swarming with these and noticed a few more rocks are starting to take hold. heck i even have some grown on my back wall. I originally thought they were feather dusters but now i'm second guessing myself. they do appear to have the calcarios (sp) tubes on them as best as i can tell. other than reproducing so quickly, are they harmful? i figured they would be decent filter feeders. any thoughts?

 

[Ty Hamatake]

My guess is hydroids. I'm not sure how to manage them, but I'm sure someone else more knowledgeable will come along.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Feather dusters. They will overpopulate if they have enough food in the system, Same way pods bristle worms and vermetids will.
But yea harmless and I do have some of them.

 

[biomek]

thanks guys. any particular type of fish that will eat them? I don't really mind them but if i can get something to naturally keep them in check, i'd prefer that over just scrubbing them off the rocks.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

thanks guys. any particular type of fish that will eat them? I don't really mind them but if i can get something to naturally keep them in check, i'd prefer that over just scrubbing them off the rocks.

no idea. sorry.

 

[Ty Hamatake]

thanks guys. any particular type of fish that will eat them? I don't really mind them but if i can get something to naturally keep them in check, i'd prefer that over just scrubbing them off the rocks.

My sixline made short work of my spirorbids. Due to their similarities, you may want to look into one of them.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

My sixline made short work of my spirorbids. Due to their similarities, you may want to look into one of them.

cool, good to know!

 

[Ty Hamatake]

cool, good to know!

Before and after.

 

[Tahoe61]

Consider selling off the rock, there is a market for those feather duster types.

Their numbers will continue to expand as long as there is an available food source.

A banded coral shrimp may munch on them.

 

[ncaldwell]

They are like crack to my copperband, he will wait all day in front of them for one to pop out to eat it

 

[Vincent100]

Yep copperband will munch them