Feather Duster and Pest Removal

[marcmen]

Hi all, I just picked up a feather duster and when I was cleaning the LFS sand off of its tail (lack of a better word) when I pulled three small worms off of it. Any suggestions on how to "clean" this guy?

Someone needs to make an invert dip

Also, does anyone know if the "Tail" is actually part of the duster worm itself? for a second there I was thinking of cutting it off.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hi all, I just picked up a feather duster and when I was cleaning the LFS sand off of its tail (lack of a better word) when I pulled three small worms off of it. Any suggestions on how to "clean" this guy?

Someone needs to make an invert dip

Also, does anyone know if the "Tail" is actually part of the duster worm itself? for a second there I was thinking of cutting it off.

Will be hard to assess and determine without pics under white lighting. feather dusters have a tube they live in often representing a rope covered in mud

 

[marcmen]

Will be hard to assess and determine without pics under white lighting. feather dusters have a tube they live in often representing a rope covered in mud

Thanks so much for the quick reply. please see attached.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Thanks so much for the quick reply. please see attached. View attachment 2743349View attachment 2743350View attachment 2743351

Yep = feather duster tube

 

[marcmen]

Any idea how I can make sure there are no more hitchhikers? My hitchhiker ID sucks but there were three red worms that I pulled off of him. I don't even want to put the duster into my invert/coral QT tank at this moment for fear that I will introduce problems.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Without pics of worms, I can guess they were likely detritus worms

 

[CoralB]

Nooooo!!! Don’t cut the end off !!!

 

[marcmen]

Nooooo!!! Don’t cut the end off !!!

Lol - no I won't - it was just a quick thought

I just spent the half-hour picking the sand off of him and I did not see any more worms so I have placed him in my invert/coral QT tank.

 

[clarimore]

that's what I did. fingers crossed. but not long after I put him in my tank.. he moved up and brought his tail out a tiny split I had made by accident picking lgs sand off... well.. then that end finally was just dangling in the flow so I pulled and it was attached to him and he was attached to a rock... so I cut it. all well that ends well