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10-14-2006, 02:50 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 27
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 |  Could this be a baby feather duster?
I have one feather duster in my tank and it was hiding in the rockwork for a while, I thought it was gone. Then a couple days ago I moved some rock while taking my skimmer out and I found the duster. That was great news, but now I noticed these little things on the glass that almost look like baby dusters. There are probably a dozen or so that showed up overnight. The look like they are attached to the glass at the base and then have a small crown that is almost shaped like a feather duster. Maybe it's something else, maybe it's nothing. There were none on the front glass so the only picture I could get is not real clear. Thanks for any help IDing. 
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10-14-2006, 03:36 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 44
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It's possible! Can't really tell by the photo...they grow and spread quickly as they are filter feeders and have no trouble with feeding requirements. _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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10-14-2006, 11:00 PM
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| | Purple Spiny Lobster
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Northern Virginia Age: 49
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It could also be Aptasia anemonies. If they are, they're pests. See the thread "new fish, new rock, new problems" for ideas on how to get rid of them. _________ -- SAW39 45 gal modified hex. Started and cycled August 2005.
2 Serpent Stars, Ocelaris Clown, Yellow Tang, Green Chromis damsel, Condalactis & Macrodactyla dorensis anemones, 1 big bristleworm, 1 small Banded Coral shrimp.
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10-15-2006, 03:09 AM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 27
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Yeah I guess I'll have to see what it turns out to be. They are on the glass though not on the rocks. I've had these rocks for a few months and they were out of an established tank before that so I doubt its aeptasia appearing now. | |
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10-15-2006, 10:25 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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I'm going to guess that they're fan worms and not baby feather dusters even though the pic is very blurry. If they are fan worms, they won't get much larger than they are now. | |
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10-25-2006, 01:10 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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10-25-2006, 01:24 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator
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Fan worms, to me, mean the type that remain small, have white "feathers". Feather dusters, to me mean the type that have colored "feathers" and come in dwarf and giant varieties. Hope that clears things up for the original posters. | |
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10-27-2006, 11:56 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 31
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it doesn't really matter what ya call em really, I've noticed a lot of salty critters are called different things in different places. We have come to the conclusion that they are definetly WORMS! | |
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