Bought chaeto for refugium, got feather dusters?

[Mark9]

Bought a ball of chaeto for my refugium this past weekend.
last night I notice I have "alot" of one inch long feather dusters in there as well.
Do I need to be alarmed?

[thegrun]

Are you sure they are feather dusters? They usually attach themselves to a solid substraight.

[jdezek]

There not your regular feather dusters they won't get any bigger. There like Astria star fish and all the other tiny version life forms you find. They shouldn't hert anything. I had them at one point not sure what happened to them but there gone now.

[Mark9]

Are you sure they are feather dusters? They usually attach themselves to a solid substraight.

They look exactly like a large feather duster with tube and feather, but they are one inch long.
When I shined a light on one, he pulled back into his tube.
I'll post a picture when I get home tonight.
They are in the chaeto, and some have fallen out and are sitting on the glass bottom.

[reeferstace]

If they are feather dusters there is no need to be alarmed. They are harmless filterfeeders.

[Reefin' Dude]

just another indicator that there is plenty of food in the water. like algae, tube worms are just an indicator that the system has enough food for them.

G~

[Mark9]

picture

http://i1090.photobucket.com/albums/i375/bigmark9/Aquarium/P1060002_zpsdaa2dd30.jpg

[noobofthereef]

Yup that is a feather duster

[Mark9]

Yup that is a feather duster


I have many in the fuge.
Leave them or is it OK to move some to the DT?

[noobofthereef]

I would not move them. I hate it when they grow on a zoa rock- they bother my zoas and don't let them open.