feather dusters

[corky]

Just out of curiosity, does anyone out there know how feather dusters (and/or clutsters) reproduce? and what do the little guys look like?

 

[catalinablue]

The female expos4es her eggs and males let loose sperm into the water.The babies look just like mom and dad,only smaller and without a tube at first.

 

[sharkee]

bonjour from montrel,
can u tell a female from a male?
can they, or would they breed in captivity?
wouldn't other fish, inverts & crabs eat the newly born babies?

 

[catalinablue]

I know how to tell a male from a female,and yes the fish would eat the babies.

 

[laneki]

How do you know the difference between feather duster sexes? I have more baby tubes in my tank than I can count

and I have not had any fish or inverts eat them. However, I had a few die (they were attached to a piece of live rock) because of algae growth.