my snail is hosting a feather duster!!!

[bluephi115]

Is this common. I dont know how I spotted this but I was looking around my 75 gal and noticed a snail grazing on algae and I thought I noticed something on him. I moved him from the back to the front of the glass to look and see what it was...sure enough I see a mini feather duster pop out of a tiny hole in his shell. is this common?? I thought it was really cool!!

 

[bluephi115]

7 views and no comments.....so is this common for snails and feather dusters?????

 

[mythrenody]

That's awsome! There was another post awhile ago that a frag of coral got hitched onto a hermit.

 

[bluephi115]

wow now that would even be cooler. I dont know much about feather dusters other than they are worms. do they breed in tanks...I have seen a few of these small ones but i dont know if they get bigger or not.

 

[pasafire]

Originally Posted by bluephi115
wow now that would even be cooler. I dont know much about feather dusters other than they are worms. do they breed in tanks...I have seen a few of these small ones but i dont know if they get bigger or not.

They don't get bigger to my knowledge but they do spread and flourish when fed properly... Thats really awesome!!! I wish I had a snail like that

 

[bluephi115]

what do feather dusters eat??? do i have to put it near them or just in the water?

 

[stanlalee]

you dont have to feed a duster that size. the "feather" grabs nutrients out the water. Feather dusters seem make a home anywhere. I have one that lives in the center of a hammer coral I just bought. everytime the fan comes out the hammer tries to sting it and everytime they touch it it shoots back in the center of the hammer then right back out. they do this all day long. every coral I've bought no matter how small the rock it came on (or in case of the hammer no rock at all just its base) has a feather duster in it. I must have about 30+ small ones at this point

 

[27mtaylor]

I also have a feather duster on one of my snails. I saw it for the first time about a month ago. Tonight I noticed one of my hermit crabs has a duster on it. These things seem to be popping up everywhere.

 

[reefiness]

forget who it was but some one on this forum had a pic of a snail with a dwarf seahorse on it.
if you looking at this thread you know who you are post that picture.
well it was a cool picture anyway

 

[27mtaylor]

Here is my feather duster snail pic. It is a little hard to see, but he is on the bottom left of the snail.

 

[speg]

Here is a pic of mine as well.

 

[bluephi115]

thats cool guys