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FAQs about Sedentary, Tubiculous, Featherduster Worm Identification
3 Related Articles:
Featherduster Worms, Polychaete Worms,
Related Worm ID FAQs by Group/Phylum:
Tubeworm ID 1, Featherduster ID 2,
Featherduster ID 4, & Polychaete
Identification, Polychaete ID 2,
& Flatworm Identification ID,
Nemertean, Proboscis, Ribbon Worm ID,
Nematode, Roundworm ID,
Nematomorpha, Horsehair Worm ID,
Acanthocephalans, Thorny-headed Worm ID,
Tubeworm ID, Hirudineans, Leech ID,
Sipunculids, Peanut Worm ID, Echiuran
Worm ID, & LR Hitchhiker ID 2,
LR Hitchhiker ID 3, Non-Vert IDs 1,
Featherduster Worms 1, Featherdusters
2, Tubeworms 3, Tubeworm
Behavior, Tubeworm Compatibility,
Tubeworm Selection, Tubeworm System,
Tubeworm Feeding, Tubeworm Disease,
Tubeworm Reproduction, Polychaete
Identification, Polychaete
Behavior, Polychaete
Compatibility, Polychaete System,
Polychaete Selection, Polychaete
Feeding, Polychaete Disease,
Polychaete Reproduction, | 
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Feather Duster & algae/sponge Id
8/14//08
Thank
you all for your help in the past. I was wondering if you could Id
these for me.
This Is a picture of Mr. Fuzzy my feather duster.
I cant seem to find the exact name for this guy & the LFS seems a
bit confused as they keep giving me different answers.
<Ok...
maybe a Sabellastarte sanctijosephi or S. indica>
Sorry for the
picture quality my camera is acting up. The water is actually
crystal clear but it makes the tank look murky & nasty. I will try
to describe the algae/sponge I have growing as well as I can.
I
found it growing 2-3 months ago on top of rock that I've had for
quite a while. It’s defiantly a purple color (not nearly as red as
in the picture or as dark) the “leaves” as you can see are irregular
around the edges; they appear to be growing in a layered slightly
spiral like arrangement. The leaves are a little darker & slightly
more reddish at the edges than towards the middle.
They have a
very subtle pattern of faintly lighter and darker areas on them &
are covered in sand grain sized speckles deep purple in color. The
leaves are thinner towards the edge and thicker towards the middle.
The texture is smooth & it reminds me of my mushrooms but not as
slimy. I've been watching it for a while now, at first I was
convinced it was some type of algae but after noticing the very
minute color variances & tinny speckles I'm wondering if this could
perhaps be some sort of sponge?
<Mmm, looks to me like a
Rhodophyte... Read here: http://wetwebmedia.com/redalgae.htm
and
the ID files linked above. Bob Fenner> |  
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Strange thing in my tank 8/6/08
Okay to start off, I have a 70
g, two 50g, a 30g, and a 110g saltwater tank. The 70g tank has been up
over a year. The two 50s and the 30g(refugium) have been up awhile. Long
enough to be doing well. Anyway, I know you are not supposed to but we
bought some live rock from friends of ours that they had in a tank for
over two years. It was beautiful. Lots of colors and very pretty.
Anyway, they noticed, after they purchased several corals, that this
thing was at the bottom of the tank. It sat on the bottom of their tank
in a mass of hair algae. We bought the rock, brought it home and
scrubbed it down, and then put it in the tank for curing. The hair algae
is gone, but the little critter has made a reappearance. It is the red
Aiptasia looking thing beneath the Montipora, and in some of the other
pics you can see its 'legs' stretching across the rock. It looks like
hairs stretching across the rock. The 'legs' appear to be segmented.
And although the body is red, the 'legs' are white with black 'joints'.
The body is about .5" and the total red mass is 1" to 1.5" , and the
'legs' are about 10" stretching across the rock and down the side of it.
We are worried and don't know if we should try to extract it, or if we
should try to kill it, or if it would try to get us!!! I don't want to
get stung. Please help!!
Thank you,
BJ hardy
<This is very
likely a type of sedentariate polychaete worm... do take a look on the
Net, WWM re "spaghetti worms"... Completely harmless... even beneficial,
or aesthetic beauty. I would leave it as is, enjoy. Bob Fenner> |
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Feather Duster ID 07/28/2008
Hello folks,
<Lisa>
I love the
resources you provide here and make much use of them.
That being
said, I cannot locate an ID on this feather duster.
I was at my LFS
snapping a few pics and they had this feather duster.
When I asked
what type it was, the owner referred to his stocking list and said that
the wholesaler listed it just as a sabellid sp.
<In this family...>
I thought it was quite unusual looking, not at all like the Hawaiian
feather dusters
<Mmm, perhaps a bit aberrant... but is likely a
Sabellastarte sanctijosephi>
that are usually sold. Can you help me
ID it, or point me to a resource that can help? (It has the appearance
of an urchin sitting on a stalk.)
Thanks.....
Lisa
<Put this
sci. name in your search tools and let 'er rip. Bob Fenner> | 
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Re: Feather Duster all over my 140
6/26/08
Thanks,
<Welcome Matthew.>
Nature is funny.
<Sure does have
an ironic sense of humor sometimes...>
I can't seem to get out of
this hobby but I have realized that the wild is sometimes better left
there.
<Often this is the case. One can really appreciate once life
is witnessed in it's natural setting.>
I feed these fish and corals
better then myself,
<The animals in your care are dependant on you,
don't neglect yourself.>
buy the best equipment I can afford and to
no avail I have worms.
<Worms in your aquarium aren't so bad. Could
be much worse elsewhere!>
LOL. Too funny. Any fish or Invert short of
a Copper Band I can use to ride this on top of more water changes?
<Perhaps a 6-line wrasse, but no guarantees.>
I cheeked my R/O and
it's reading 0.00 on the water output.
<Excellent.>
Also is there
a salt you like over another?
<There are many good salts out there,
I personally don't have a particular favorite.>
Thanks for all the
help.
<Welcome!>
I see you guys will be in Atlanta,
<Oh yes!
Several crew members will be there. Bob and Scott Fellman are both
giving two presentations.>
maybe will see each other.
<I will be
there. Say hello! I will likely be hanging out with Scott.>
Oh, the
dusters are BioSpira brunnea
<Better than hydroids!>
and the look
like the picture
<Good!>
just all over my tank.
<Heehee!
Mother nature has a quirky way sometimes.>
Matthew
<Cheers,
Mich> | 
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