A Coco Worm

Samw · #1 04-23-2006, 05:12 AM

Hey Ande, I don't think they need to be target fed. Anthony, I got it from Finomenal on sale. It comes in a long tube about a foot long.

DEAD_BY_DAWN · #2 04-23-2006, 06:04 AM

Hi sam
Again nice pic as always,just a question though if it's not being target fed what would it be eating,from the size of your tank,will there be enough free floating food to surport a foot long worm in the long term ?.
john

Funky_Fish14 · #3 04-23-2006, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by DEAD_BY_DAWN

Hi sam
Again nice pic as always,just a question though if it's not being target fed what would it be eating,from the size of your tank,will there be enough free floating food to surport a foot long worm in the long term ?.
john

I would imagine they have an extremely low metabolism and probably dont need much food. As well as likely filtering out just about any floating particles and consuming them?

Jaws · #4 04-23-2006, 07:23 AM

From what I understand, they rely highly on photosynthesis.

DEAD_BY_DAWN · #5 04-23-2006, 07:38 AM

I Cant find any info saying they are photosynthetic ?
http://www.marinedepotlive.com/coco-...erdusters.html
plus other sites say they need to be fed.

Samw · #6 04-23-2006, 08:10 AM

They probably feed the same way as featherdusters. I dose LiquidLife Bioplankton, LiquidLife Marine Plankton, LiquidLife Coralplankton, Tahaitian Blend, and Oyster Eggs into my tank. The worm should be able to filter it without me having to do anything special in terms of target feeding.

DEAD_BY_DAWN · #7 04-23-2006, 08:23 AM

Out of all those it should be able to find one it likes your worm has a better diet than i do lol..how are the oyster eggs by the way i was thinking of trying them out ?.