Feather duster worm?

[CTCG]

Just bought one yesterday, otherwise I would have no guess on this.

 

[mr_X]

that green thing? it's a piece of bubble algae.

 

[Maya]

Lol! I thought the same thing.

 

[CTCG]

I see my confusion. That used to be attached to the feather duster. Will it float and thrive? Good or bad?

 

[Fishbone13]

that green thing? it's a piece of bubble algae.

That's what it looks like to me

 

[CTCG]

Here it is when it was attached.

 

[Crepe]

I see my confusion. That used to be attached to the feather duster. Will it float and thrive? Good or bad?

Bad. They'll coat everything. Gently scoop it out of your tank. Don't pop it.

 

[Maya]

Some fish love to eat them. The tang goes insane if she sees a piece. My emerald crabs will also annihilate it. But bubble algae is a nuisance algae.

 

[CTCG]

Bad. They'll coat everything. Gently scoop it out of your tank. Don't pop it.

Scooped and tossed! Thx!

 

[CTCG]

He has now abandoned the old shell/casing. ??? !!!

 

[CTCG]

I must have gotten a bonus worm! I see a green one at the back and the one ad pictured before.

Is that possible? Do they have babies?

 

[CTCG]

Everyone quit searching... I found the answer:

Reproduction

Feather duster worms reproduce both sexually and asexually. Sexual reproduction involves the release of gametes into the water where the fertilized eggs develop into free-swimming larvae that eventually settle in an appropriate habitat. In the case of Serpulids, they settle on corals and the coral grows around the calcareous tube they build, making asexual reproduction nearly an impossibility for them. 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.

 

[Crepe]

That's pretty neat. When'd you get it?

 

[CTCG]

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