Featherduster ID???

[felix27]

in the past couple days i have noticed about 6 of these guys popping up, wierd because i havent added new rock in 5 months and never saw them before, hard to see in the pic but they are white with black specs, any idea on what the exact species is? havent seen ones like it on liveaquaria or that fish place websites....

 

[Tristan]

Great catch! it would probably be easier to identify if you took the picture at a higher angle

 

[Bifferwine]

Some kind of featherduster for sure. What kind exactly? Hard to say -- there are so many of them!!

 

[Tanner]

Theres a bunch in my tank, all hitch hikers, at first I saw 1 or 2 now theres like 5 or 6 all over.

 

[Tristan]

you guys are pretty lucky to get those

 

[Sammydog]

I noticed these in my tank the other day, except they are red. Probably about 2mm across in size.

 

[Tanner]

these guys here :)

Sorry for the small picture, but you can kind of see it :)

 

[Tristan]

How many layers of feathers are there?

 

[Tanner]

Only looks like 1

 

[Tristan]

where did you get your live rock from?

 

[Tanner]

Store called fish gallery why lol

 

[Tristan]

the rock was aquacultivated?

 

[kennedy98]

lucky u guys get cool stuff with ur live rock i get apaistias........(dont no how to spell)

 

[yote]

Those lil feather dusters are probably my favorite hitchhikers.

 

[Sharkie]

check to make sure there isn't a tiny golden sticker that says "china" on the bottom *giggle*

I have a bunch of those, not sure on the type since theres a ton...

 

[Alexander]

Damn I know how it feels to get screwed with aptasia on lr. in the years I have had reeftanks I have yet to get 1 duster. Great find, I'm not sure on specifics though.