Coco Worm Emerging Feeding (protula bispiralis/magnifica)

Video of my coco worm emerging and feeding.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• coco
• worm
• hardtubeworm
• featherduster
• aquatic
• reef
• aquarium
• pets
• invertebrate
• polychaete
• annelid
• protula
• sabella

[hollabacknow8557]

i have a question, just started my saltwater tank. I got live rock from a friend abut 80 pounds or more and i didnt notice anything until 2 months later i happened to look at the rock and saw all these colors of baby feathers sticking out of rocks all over my tank.I thank i got about 20 or more of these things all over my tank how in gods name do i feed them, without messing up the nutrients in my tank and causing slime or algae...I love those things but it's way to many im not sure how to feed

[YayHeaven]

@hollabacknow8557 The micro feather dusters will naturally feed on whatever nutrients go into the tank. You shouldn't need to feed them at all. You might have an initial die off and they will return when the conditions allow them to repopulate again after several months. They have a tendency to regulate their population in a closed environment. Hope that helps and best wishes on your tank!

[dannyzheng08]

Very nice tank. I restarted my nano reef tank about 4 months ago, and I added a large Christmas trees rock and Coco feather duster, I love them a lot. But I heard Christmas Trees and Coco are not good fit for the long term survivability, say 2 years in tank. I feed them with marinesnow and phytoflex very sparely since I had the red-slime issue when I overfed them. My questions: 1. How long have you your Coco duster? 2. How you feed them? 3. Any long-term survivability issue you are aware of?

[YayHeaven]

@dannyzheng08 Thank you! Wow I have wanted a christmas tree rock! Those worms are so beautiful! The coco duster went I believe 3 years. I target-fed it using live phytoplankton and marine snow. Feed it underneath at the base and not at the tip so the food goes up towards the end of the gills. The food does foul up the tank params, so I know what you mean. (continued...)

[YayHeaven]

@dannyzheng08 Mainly my issues were trying to find a spot in the tank with a current that it seemed to appreciate and where the lighting didn't cause the inhabiting fish to cast shadows and keep scaring/stressing it. Other than that you may need to keep a close eye on your Calcium/Magnesium supplements so the worms can properly build their tubes. Coralline algae started to encrust onto the tubes and it didn't seem to like to build around that. I think that's all I have. Other questions I'll try!

[franciscofagundez]

Beautiful worm. what are those live capepods swimming by? artemia, tigerpods, krill, rotifers. If so, why feed spot feed it.

[YayHeaven]

@franciscofagundez Hi, thank you! The worms require feeding on nutrients and phytoplankton sized about 2 microns. If it can't be seen with a microscope, the food is too big!

[hollabacknow8557]

@YayHeaven so micro feather dusters stay micro? They dont grow bigger?

[wolf3047]

@stevethomas277 It's a Feather Duster Worm

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awesome*

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i like coco worms there awsome

[joeyazzz]

one hungry worm, 3 minutes of epic.