Feather Dusters Saltwater
Feather duster worms are not particularly picky in terms of proper conditions to care for them in your reef tank.
Feather dusters saltwater. The feather duster is actually a sedentary worm that forms its casing and extends a crown of tentacles perfect for grasping small particles and free floating debris. Like most other reef invertebrates copper will kill them. They require standard reef tank water parameters.
Their tentacles are completely retractable and. The feather duster nbsp sabellastarte giganteus also known as the fan worm is a marine segmented worm that attaches its calcium carbonate tube to a rocky or sandy substrate by its base. The worm lives inside this protective tube.
While the hawaiian feather duster is totally reef compatible it may fall prey to aggressive fishes e g dwarf angelfishes some sea stars etc. Sexual reproduction involves the release of gametes into the water where the fertilized eggs develop into free swimming larvae that eventually settle in an appropriate habitat. Sandy rubbly substrate assists feather dusters in building their tubes while rock work is important for them to affix themselves to.
They do best with peaceful fishes and invertebrates. Please don t use copper and check your source water to make sure it doesn t have copper in it. Feather duster worms reproduce both sexually and asexually.
In the case of serpulids they settle on corals and the coral grows around the calcareous tube they build making asexual reproduction nearly an. Feather dusters are commonly found living in the nooks and crannies of live rock and coral reefs.
