feather dusters

They do not need high lighting. They can be placed on the sand or on rocks. They will put out a "foot" and attach to a rock if they are happy with their placement.

That said, Mine is on the sand next to a rock, His foot is on the rock and his crown faces up.
 
hmm, alright, cool i have a good spot where his body will be in a hole in my rock and the crown will be exposed facing upwards. how/what do you feed yours? do u find it necessary to feed with a plastic seringe or something like that?
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6500460#post6500460 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jwhitlow1031
hmm, alright, cool i have a good spot where his body will be in a hole in my rock and the crown will be exposed facing upwards. how/what do you feed yours? do u find it necessary to feed with a plastic seringe or something like that?
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I don't find it necesary but I do feed it with a plastic syringe once a week. I feed Phytoplankton.
 
so do u feed it phytoplankton once a week with the syringe, or u do that every few days and then feed it once a week something else?
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6500646#post6500646 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jwhitlow1031
so do u feed it phytoplankton once a week with the syringe, or u do that every few days and then feed it once a week something else?
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Yes, Once a week with the syringe right in his tube. Very little though. Too Much Phyto can foul your tank. Nothing else is fed to the dusters I have.
 
Can feather dusters move by themselves.?
I move around some of my rock and the new placement put it a couple of inchs from the top.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6500780#post6500780 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by BucNtears
Can feather dusters move by themselves.?
I move around some of my rock and the new placement put it a couple of inchs from the top.
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The worm itself can move (by leaving the tube) but the tube can not move. If the worm does not like it's new placement it may throw it's crown and/or leave the tube. If it survives depending on what fish you have then it may build a new tube where it wants to be.
 
I've always heard feather dusters needs TONS of phytoplankton or they slowly starve in your tank. That's why when I first got into reef keeping I brought mine back. I was told here I needed to hold a glass over it and squirt the phyto in there and let it set there for an hour for the duster to eat.

What are all of your opinions about this?
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6500822#post6500822 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Teremei
I've always heard feather dusters needs TONS of phytoplankton or they slowly starve in your tank. That's why when I first got into reef keeping I brought mine back. I was told here I needed to hold a glass over it and squirt the phyto in there and let it set there for an hour for the duster to eat.

What are all of your opinions about this?
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That is the first I ever heard that. I've never had one die nor have mine ever thrown their crowns or left their tubes.

They seem very happy and healthy with the weekly feeding.
 
How long have you owned them? Remember this was when I first got into corals. Now I have tons of corals and do heavy coral feeding.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6500872#post6500872 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Teremei
How long have you owned them? Remember this was when I first got into corals. Now I have tons of corals and do heavy coral feeding.
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I have had one of them for about a year or more. Used to be in a nano but moved to the 55G when it was setup not long ago. Still thriving.
 
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