Feather Dusters Removal
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Collect them and give them to someone else. Unless you've mistakenly identified aiptasia as feather dusters.
Personally, I like them quite a bit. If they are feather dusters, hang onto them and give them to someone if you can. I buy live rock with filter feeders on it all the time because I like the biodiversity. Aiptasia on the other hand is something I try to avoid collecting but always seem to be growing some somewhere.
Arrow crabs and banded coral shrimp have been known to eat them, I think. Definitely the arrow crab.
If they're a nuissance, are you sure they're not hydroids? Small feather dusters and hydroids look very similar, but the former is a nice filter feeder and the latter is a hard-to-remove potential plague (worse than flatworms or redbugs, IMO).
If they're a nuissance, are you sure they're not hydroids? Small feather dusters and hydroids look very similar, but the former is a nice filter feeder and the latter is a hard-to-remove potential plague (worse than flatworms or redbugs, IMO).
Yeah, you might want to confirm what you have before you go out buying livestock to kill it.
Try to get a pic posted so you can properly ID whatever it is you've got. Until then, can you answer these questions:
1.) Does the organism have a white tube/shell that the "plume" emits from?
2.) Does the actual organism look clear/transparent or opaque/not see-through
3.) Is the organism motile? I.e., has it moved or changed location at all?
4.) Does it have tentacles or does it look more like an inverted circular feather umbrella?
If it is feather dusters, I am sure someone will swap rocks with you as they are pretty good additions to increase biodiversity and filtration within the ecosystem. If not, then you can look into genocide techniques
Charlie once suggested I use "pickling lime" aka kalkwasser to kill aptasia spp. anemones and I have had pretty excellent results with that.
But yeah, try to get some pics posted or at least answer my questions.
ok, enough procrastination. back to the books for me...
Try to get a pic posted so you can properly ID whatever it is you've got. Until then, can you answer these questions:
1.) Does the organism have a white tube/shell that the "plume" emits from?
2.) Does the actual organism look clear/transparent or opaque/not see-through
3.) Is the organism motile? I.e., has it moved or changed location at all?
4.) Does it have tentacles or does it look more like an inverted circular feather umbrella?
If it is feather dusters, I am sure someone will swap rocks with you as they are pretty good additions to increase biodiversity and filtration within the ecosystem. If not, then you can look into genocide techniques
Charlie once suggested I use "pickling lime" aka kalkwasser to kill aptasia spp. anemones and I have had pretty excellent results with that.But yeah, try to get some pics posted or at least answer my questions.
ok, enough procrastination. back to the books for me...
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