Safely removing large feather dusters?

FishBeard

FishBeard

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Just curious if anyone has experience with safely removing soft tube feather duster worms from rocks they have already grafted onto. I would like to remove two very large ones (3"+ across) from my rocks because they are in the way of a couple good spots for some new frags to be placed. I do not want to damage/destroy them in the process or I would have just ripped them out. They would look great in our new softy/mixed reef tank along with a couple other smaller feather dusters and a coco worm that will be moved into in soon.
 
SunnyBNems said:
the only way i have removed them from rock is to take the rock out and break it so you don't rip the tube
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Bringing this back up. Unfortunately, removing the rock is out of the question, I was hoping there would be a humane method without destroying my rock scape. Anyone else have experience with this?
 
I do,use an ice pick to slowly chip away rock from the tube.Works great on larger tube dusters,not the small ones.
 
Ohhhhhhhh,Wow ok how about trying a scalpel?I removed one a few years back and tore the tube,but had enough of the tube to re-grow itself.
 
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