What are these hitchhikers?

spyder78

spyder78

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I noticed what appears to be some sort of worm on a couple of my snails. Can anyone help identify them? Do they need to be removed? I'm still pretty new at this, and I don't know what these are. Any input would be helpful.

 
120reefer

120reefer

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Hey, cool, kinda hard from the pics... but looks like feather dusters
Totally harmless and if you look hard enough you'll probably find them on your live rock as well. There just a simply filter feeder, but look pretty cool.
 
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medic79

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Thats so cool all I have on my snails are vermitid snails.
 
spyder78

spyder78

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Thanks! I had a feeling that's what they were, but I wanted another opinion.
How big do feather dusters get, and do they require any special conditions?
 
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medic79

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they're filter feeders so you don't have to d o anything special for them just keep doing what ever your doing a few months ago I had a couple on a rock and now it's a duster cluster. I don't know how they reproduce but I've never done anything special for them.
 
120reefer

120reefer

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Not really sure on how big they'll get... at least not that species of duster... but i have a few similar on a piece of LR about the size of a nickel fully opened under MH lighting! Pretty big in my book. As far as special conditions... just decent water quality, and they're filter feeders so no feeding necessary. They're a pretty hardy specimen considering a lot make it a few days out of water when shipping on LR
 
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