feeding feather dusters

[jwhitlow1031]

i have a feather duster that i recently purchased, people have said that in order for them to survive you need to either put a cup over them and pump that full of phytoplankton so that they can eat from a concentrated amount or use a plastic seringe to feed them directly, how is this done?

 

[jwhitlow1031]

here's a pic of the little guy, i want him to do good...but honestly other than adding the phytoplankton right to the tank i have no idea how else to feed him....

 

[SuperNerd]

AFAIK the giants need a lot of phyto to do well and I have read that they also benefit from a healthy sand bed. Live phyto may be better than the dead stuff.

 

[M68]

According to Dr. Ron, target feeding them will just make them stop eating. So you probably should just add the phytoplankton directly to the tank.

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[petermai]

i feed them using a syringe attached to some tubing then finally to a long and no-flexible tubing, this way i can keep my hands out of the water. i'd usually feed them the liquids from the mysid shrimps that i feed the fish and also mix it with a little phyto, squirt it slowly, if too fast, they'll just close up. good luck.

 

[funkyman]

I was told they were filter feeders and would take what they needed from the water. I believed the information and have never spot fed mine to this day. They're all doing great. It's been over a year.