How can I get rid of the tiny feather dusters in my sand bed?

[jbaeza83]

So at my office tank I have a bunch of tiny feather dusters poping up all over my sand bed and even some on the rocks. Is there anything I can put in that will eat them or kill them that is reef safe? I have tried to manually remove them but they keep coming back.

 

[Zoarder]

Peppermint shrimp, yellow coris, copper band, at least those I've read they do...

 

[gumbii]

manual removal only... if they're spreading like crazy, find out why.... i got a feather dust bloom in my old tank when i was dosing vinegar in my kalkwasser... it was bad... backed off on the vinegar, and took them out myself... they never came back...

 

[Jerry Williams]

If you raise your alk it will kill them. They are filter feeders and that is a benefit.

 

[jbaeza83]

Peppermint shrimp, yellow coris, copper band, at least those I've read they do...

I will research those. Thanks

manual removal only... if they're spreading like crazy, find out why.... i got a feather dust bloom in my old tank when i was dosing vinegar in my kalkwasser... it was bad... backed off on the vinegar, and took them out myself... they never came back...

I manually removed about 30 of them 2 weeks ago. I have about 20 of them again. Its a small tank, only 15g or so. I just wasnt sure if by removing them with the tweezers I might be breaking them up causing them to spread around more.

If you raise your alk it will kill them. They are filter feeders and that is a benefit.

Thanks I will read up on this too.

 

[JavaJacketOC]

Are you sure they're feather dusters and not hydroids?

 

[Titanwerx]

I had a copper band that wiped out all of mine.. Was not intentional but you know.


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[Circle10]

Probably only way is Manual removal too know what fish will eat them will be hit or miss .. Funny thing is my refuge /sump is absolutely full of them but none in my display , some(multiple wrasse ) fish must be eating them..

 

[iReefer]

I had a copper band that wiped out all of mine.. Was not intentional but you know.


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+1 always work even for the pinicky one too

 

[OGFrenchHorn]

I had a copper band that wiped out all of mine.. Was not intentional but you know.


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yup. I had to move mine to the huge because my CBB loves them!

 

[jbaeza83]

yeah im sure they are feather dusters not hydroids. I think this tank is too small for a CBB though. I think ill just manually remove them again and see what happens. Thanks everyone for the suggestions.

 

[o2manyfish]

I have a zillion of them, yes I counted, a zillion throughout the bottom of my 400g display. I have the wrasses, angels, and peppermint shrimp and nobody touches them. I love that I have a solid field of them. This is mother nature giving you biological filtration. Especially in a 15g tank, the more biological filtration you have the better. Mine stick to the bottom of the tank, and my tank is bare bottom.

Dave B

 

[thi-thi]

Arrow crabs work wonders. Our old tank in Seattle had so many of them until we did a little research and found out that arrow crabs munch on them like crazy. You'll see a difference within a month or so and you don't have to mess with the chemistry of the tank.

 

[lowbudget]

yeah they are filter feeders why would you want to get rid of them?