will peppermint shrimp or crabs eat feather dusters?

[dorian965]

i got a large conch shell the other day that was covered with feather dusters, at least 25 of them, of all different colors. i just wanted to make sure nothing would eat them.
also wondering if they will reproduce.thanks. ill put up some pics tommorrow.

 

[Brenden]

Peppermint shrimp will not eat them. If your water conditions are right the feather dusters will reproduce. I have had 100's of babies in my tank.

just wanted to make sure nothing would eat them.

What else do you have in your tank?

 

[zenn]

my feather dusters reproduce as well. Just yesterday i found a baby feather duster growing in a recently abandonded hermit shell. And i 2 peppermint shrimp as well and i've never seen them harm a feather duster.

 

[dorian965]

mostly worried about shrimp. i saw him going to town when i put the shell into the tank. i have about 40-50 blue leg hermits that have acuiered a taste for meat, mostly snails so they were the only other problem.
i have a few damsels, yellow tang and pajama cardinal. i dont think the fish are interested.

 

[Hara]

the crabs can be iffy. the shrimp were most likely just cleaning little pieces of matter off the shell.