Small Feather Dusters Appeared out of Nowhere???

[daniel411]

Found some awesome new critters on my live rock the past few weeks. Tiny feather dusters! Breeding like crazy, I have atleast 5 inside the tank.... now the odd part. I haven't added any live rock in almost two years!!!! Could they have hitched on a coral? Only thing nearly new is a gorgonian I picked up at the start of summer.... just weird, but kind of cool!

 

[ophiura]

These small feather dusters (which stay quite small) are some of the critters that 'bloom' from time to time. You usually always have a few individuals, and sometimes conditions are ripe for a bit of a population explosion...then they tend to die back. The same is true for the "q tip sponge," vermetid snails, spirorbid worms (little spirals on glass), and a whole host of other critters.

 

[dustybottoms]

are you sure its not aipasta?

 

[daniel411]

Quite sure its not aptasia.
I'm just thrilled, a few are just a tad smaller than a dime. Though they aren't open as often as most feather dusters usually are. Just amazes me that suddenly they appeared without any new live rock introductions. Pretty Cool

 

[daniel411]

... or better yet, I just suddenly noticed something new after 2 years!

 

[rbmount]

I've got a rock full of them. smaller than an atpasia.

 

[mr.flameangel]

are they red? if so the may be Calicoes worms. i have a lot in my tank

 

[mebigloser]

Look like these?

 

[fishman830]

good lord!

 

[fishman830]

hwo much is that rock worth with all that?!@!?!?!?!?

 

[mr.flameangel]

i have a few of those too