Major Happy Dance! My new LR came w/ a teeny feather duster!

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Abarnswell

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I am setting up my first reef tank. It started out as a 6. NanoCube, but it has instead evolved into a AGA 20H instead. Long story...

But anyway, last night I put in some live rock that I bought at a local marine livestock distributor, to begin the cycling period, and not five minutes later, out pops a teeny tiny little feather duster, probably just 1/8 of an inch long. I couldn't believe it! I wasn't expecting any goodies, but here he was. So far, he's all I've seen. There does appear to be a tiny bumble bee snail shell in the crevices of one of the rocks, but I think it's empty.

Should I not get my hopes up that he'll survive the cycling period? I have some cured rock in there (premium stuff, cost a fortune, but it's gorgeous, and that's where the feather duster came from), but right now it's mostly uncured rock, which will have a lot of die-off. It's pretty rough looking rock that's already sloughing off some stuff.
 
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drty811

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you wont believe what pops out of LR after its been in your tank for a while...those feather dusters can make it through hell and back.

good luck, sounds like your tanks doing good.
 
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incysor

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It should be fine.

Congrats on getting some LR, with some interesting critters to watch while it cycles.

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perpetual98

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If yours are anything like mine, you'll end up with so many of those dinky feather dusters you'll go mad. I end up pulling them out by the handful because they're a pest in my tank. :cry:
 
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Master Er

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Thats whats nice about Live Rock...its alive!!! If youre lucky enough, you might even have some baby brittle stars, clams, and stomatella...and much much more...infact I find it more interesting to see how the live rocks evolve into a giant livebearer than anything else. Good luck and congrats on your first feather duster sighting.
 
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Abarnswell

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Oh, if I got a little baby brittle star, I would faint!! No doubt about it. I picked up my second load of LR tonight and put it in. I'm so excited!! I think I'll need more, though. I'll have to try arranging it and see how it looks. I think I'm as excited to be getting the LR in as anything else!!
 
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Chubosco

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Keep a good eye on it. Seems like there is something knew all the time. At night, I would flip the light on and rush over to the tank. There would be weird stuff I didn't know was in there. Live rock is so cool.
 
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