D Z Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I noticed a very small aiptasia or feather duster in my tank tonight. Then, upon closely inspecting the rest of the rock, I found 2 more. Is this aiptasia or a small feather duster?(pics below) I tried blowing some water at one of them with my turkey baster and it very quickly retracted. I cannot tell whether it retracted in to the rock or a tube because it is so small. I would say it is about the size of a pencil eraser when fully open. Thank you in advance. PS - I have done some searching and just cannot seem to find anything that is a definite match that would make me feel 100% on id'ing it myself. Link to comment
kidnatural Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Hard to tell with the pic but I'd say it's a feather duster. Does it have a fuzzy looking eyelid or does it kinda look like a spider? Link to comment
D Z Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 Feather Duster I was hoping someone would say that. I initially though "oh no, aiptasia", but it does seem to have more of a feather like appearance. I just want to be absolutely sure so that I can take care of it ASAP if it is aiptasia. Is it normal to see more than one feather duster appear all of a sudden? Link to comment
D Z Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 Hard to tell with the pic but I'd say it's a feather duster. Does it have a fuzzy looking eyelid or does it kinda look like a spider? I guess more like a fuzzy looking eyelid. It looks like a flower in the sense that it has multiple "pedals" and each pedal has hairs on it??? Not sure how to better explain that. I also tried the "Bump" test. i.e. I bumped the stand and they retracted. Is it true that a feather duster would retract to a bump of the stand, but aiptasia would not?? Link to comment
D Z Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 Feather Duster Duster Thanks guys. I feel a lot more confident now that it is just a duster. Should I expect to see even more of these pop up? Will they grow to be any bigger or just stay pretty small? Anything I need to know about these guys? Link to comment
JR! Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 they are going to stay pretty small. you might see some more. they are good to have Link to comment
D Z Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 they are going to stay pretty small. you might see some more. they are good to have Great! Thanks again for the info. Link to comment
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