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Feather Duster Worms for Your Saltwater Aquarium; an easy nano reef tank addition.

🔔 Need updates and more info for creating your best reef tank? Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/AquariumDepot... 🦀 Interested in other invertebrates for your saltwater aquarium or nano reef tank? Visit us at https://aquariumdepot.com/ Sabellidae, or feather duster worms, are a family of marine polychaete tube worms characterized by protruding feathery branchiae. Sabellids build tubes out of a tough, parchment-like exudate, strengthened with sand and bits of shell. Unlike the other sabellids, the genus Glomerula secretes a tube of calcium carbonate instead. The most distinguishing part of a feather duster is the “crown” which is basically feather shaped rays known as radioles. These radioles are arranged in two half circles that form a funnel utilized in filter feeding of suspended material. The cilia on the radioles generate currents which draw water, food particles and waste in and out of the crown. The feather duster worms belong to several families of Polychaeta. Those with a soft tube consisting of a polysaccharide matrix of mucus/detritus are generally from the family Sabellidae, with a single genus being capable of creating a calcareous tube. The hard tube feather dusters belong to the family Serpulidae. Feather dusters feed on a variety of particulates suspended within the water column such as fine detritus, bacteria, phytoplankton, and tiny microorganisms, most of which are found within a well-established reef aquarium at least a year in age. For best success one should only add a feather duster once the aquarium has been established for this amount of time and there is a healthy population of other reef safe organisms such as corals, fish, shrimp, snails, etc. The addition of various filter feeder foods such as phytoplankton, rotifers, zooplankton, marine snow and various other liquid-based foods will meet their nutritional needs. Remember to feed sparingly as excessive overfeeding will contribute to poor water quality. Water flow is crucial to the health of feather dusters worms and the reef aquarium in general as water currents stimulate natural physical functions, bringing food/waste to and from the organism and helps in respiration. Thus water flow for feather duster should be considered medium and indirect, preferably alternating, flow via a wave maker. Lighting is not a major concern to feather dusters as they obtain the majority of their nutritional needs from filter feeding and don’t directly rely on symbiotic zooxanthellae for their energy requirements. So placement of feather duster worms usually occurs on the bottom/middle portions of the aquarium. Problems with feather dusters in a correct environment are relatively scarce. However, some fish and invertebrates have been known to eat/damage feather dusters deliberately or accidentally. Butterfly fish can easily eliminate feather dusters due to their specific lifestyle and diet. Some wrasse species also have a penchant for eating feather dusters, thus care should be taken to research any potential species being added to an aquarium containing feather dusters. Finally, some crabs and serpent stars may become opportunistic feeders, thus careful observation should be implemented with these species. Feather dusters will occasionally shed their crown and or tube due to a shift in parameters such as a transfer from aquariums or a fluctuation in water parameters. Inexperienced aquarists believe the feather duster has simply died and throw the entire tube out. The best course of action is to save the tube and patiently wait to see if the feather duster will regenerate its crown/ tube over the course of several days. You can view all of our videos on saltwater invertebrates by clicking here -    • Live  Copepods - Feed Hungry Fish - C...   Check out this arrow crab messing with a feather duster here -    • Feather Duster Worm Reef Tank Ready (...   Check out the coolest little anemone crab:    • This is One Cool Crab for your Reef A...   Want to Create your Own Zoa Garden? https://youtu.be/watch?v=572NUqGz7R0 For more information on Feather Dusters and other fish, copepods, amphiopods and saltwater invertebrates, visit us at www.AquariumDepot.com!