feather duster outbreak!

I got my fish tank from another seller about 6-8 months ago, and in the beginning i notice he had some normal size feather duster on his back side and figure it was nothing. Now THERE EVERYWHERE! all over my rocks, taking over my corals, i mean i guess that mean i have a nice ecosystem going on but it's getting to the point where its just nasty to look at. I just bought a 75 gal tank and i'm planning on transferring everything over. But before i do, is there n e thing i can do to kill the feather dusters? i don't over feed and have 2 skimmer going so i don't know why they are thriving the way they are. If n e one has had this problem or know how to resolve it please let me know. I posted this awhile back and some of the comment i got was just wait and let it ride out. But they haven't seem to be dieing off but thriving... please help

 

Sorry to burst your bubble, but this is good news, not bad. The fact that dusters are reproducing prodigiously in your tank means you're doing a lot of things right. They are not detrimental in any way. An added advantage is that if you were to ever overfeed, the extra would become food for dusters instead of detritus on the sand.

Chin up. Things could be worse!

 

Are we sure they are feather dusters? Sounds like it could be aptaisa

 

Post a pic please, aptaisa was a good guess and another might be fan worms.

 

Pics would help a whole lot. I'm also having a duster outbreak. I like em. It's kinda cool.
If it's Aiptasia then its bad if you have corals
If it's Feather Dusters then you don't have a problem.

 

Pic????

 

I have never known feather duster's to reproduce that quickly...like other's sound's like you have an aptasia outbreak....Do these creatures you have live in tubes and periodically pull in the duster to eat then poke the duster back out or are they free standing?
Danny

 

Could be aipasia so keep a close eye. When they are very small they can resemble feather dusters at first glance.

 

these are a good thing!

 

I am with Danny and those who think it may be aiptasia. Feather dusters take time to grow. Aiptasia comes from the void almost overnight. Get a few pics up so that we may ID them. You may be in the market for a few peppermint shrimp and a six-line wrasse here in the near future.