Will Coral Beauty eat feather dusters

[LarryZ]

Hi Everyone,

I want to get a Coral Beauty to round out my stocking. My wife would like a few of those large feather dusters (actually I wouldn't mind some either). But I'm worried the Coral Beauty will eat them.

I was wondering what everyone's experience has been with feather dusters and Coral Beauties?

Thanks.

 

[2smokes]

Thoose large ,pink featherdusters with hard tube have a slow death in aquariums.The feather dusters with soft tube are hardyer and you can find them in brown and white,pink and white and green colors.Theoretically feather dusters and small angels should be ok.

 

[Joshua I.]

So what I have heard is it will be fine but when they start eating corals and feather dusters they won't stop

 

[Ron Reefman]

I have a Coral Beauty and the only live thing it eats are zoas. Not palys, or LPS, or SPS. or feather dusters, or anything else alive in the tank. It eats regular food just like any other fish, but a zoa frag was OK for a day and a colony for a few days to a week.

I think they are very hit and miss as far as what live things in the reef they may or may not eat.

 

[Maritimer]

I've got three of the "Hawaiian" featherdusters in the parchment tubes in a sort of "garden", as well as a few smaller hitchhiker dusters with calcareous tubes scattered about - and a very busy coral beauty who never stops patrolling her little glass-enclosed territory.

I'm not sure that either knows the other exists, that's how enthusiastically they ignore each other!

You'll be fine.

~Bruce

 

[anthonys51]

my coral beauty ignores my coco worm. but they only been in the tank together for 3 months so keeping my fingers crossed

 

[scooter31707]

IME, no.