Jenna09
Reefing newb
The small hard tube feather dusters reproduce in my tank like crazy and have for years.
Now, I have had 1 feather duster (soft tube) in my tank for probably around 7 years; he has lived through triggers, puffers, copper treatment and who knows what else lol.
About 4 years ago I purchased 2 other soft tube dusters. I thought one died about a year after getting it as its "feather head" fell off but it grew back slowly.
I have let my tank go over the last 2 years in the sense that the front glass was algaed over and I couldnt see in. However I would check everyday through the water at the top and everything was growing like crazy and doing great. I would do water changes and had everything running it just was no longer a display tank.
When I cleaned off my glass at the beginning of this year I was surprised to see that I now have 5 huge feather dusters and 1 smaller one.
The new ones are at least 5 inches long that I can see and go into the rocks and the smaller one is sticking out about 3 inches and has a smaller head.
I was looking it up and found this info
Obviously they have reproduced and I am quite happy...how common is this?
All very interesting! Started with 3 and now I have 6!
Jenna
Now, I have had 1 feather duster (soft tube) in my tank for probably around 7 years; he has lived through triggers, puffers, copper treatment and who knows what else lol.
About 4 years ago I purchased 2 other soft tube dusters. I thought one died about a year after getting it as its "feather head" fell off but it grew back slowly.
I have let my tank go over the last 2 years in the sense that the front glass was algaed over and I couldnt see in. However I would check everyday through the water at the top and everything was growing like crazy and doing great. I would do water changes and had everything running it just was no longer a display tank.
When I cleaned off my glass at the beginning of this year I was surprised to see that I now have 5 huge feather dusters and 1 smaller one.
The new ones are at least 5 inches long that I can see and go into the rocks and the smaller one is sticking out about 3 inches and has a smaller head.
I was looking it up and found this info
Soft tube varieties reproduce sexually, but many form dense colonies of clones by a budding process called scissipary. In this process the posterior end of the worm breaks off and develops a new crown while the "parent" grows a new posterior.
Obviously they have reproduced and I am quite happy...how common is this?
All very interesting! Started with 3 and now I have 6!
Jenna