brittle stars and feather dusters and a fridmani pseudochromis

[howierd68]

I have a 50 gallon and a 29 bio cube . The 50 is 1 and half years old with with 60 pounds of live rock and the 29 gallon is 8 months old withn about 20 pounds of live rock and 30 pounds of live sand. What does everybody know about the two inverts . This is my first post so I will give you my parameters of both tanks . the 50 is 0 nitrites and 0 amonia and 40 ppm nitrates . The 29 is 0 nitrites and 0 amonia and 20 ppm nitrates. My fish list for the 50 is 1 Flame angel, false percula clown , 1 six line wrasse , 1 lawn mower blenny ,1 blue devil damesel fish, I have alot of inverts in this tank 1 fire shrimp , 5 peppermint , 2 skunk cleaner shrimp , 1 strawberry crab ,20 blue and red legged hermit crabs , 6 cerith snails 4 turbo snails , 1 knobby starfish . the 29 has 2 pj cardinals , 1 wheeler goby , 1 firefish gaby , 1 royal gramma , 2 skunk cleaners , 1 peppermint shrimp and 1 cc starfish 6 hermit crabs . I will try to post some pictures the next time I post .

 

[btldreef]

Your 29 seems like a more peaceful tank and I wouldn't add any more fish to it.
What exactly is the question about the feather duster?
How big is the brittle, if it's small, throw it in the 29G.
Get your nitrates lower!

 

[howierd68]

I don't know very much about dwarf feather dusters but want to learn more about them .I have read that the Bispira spp feather dusters can starve after a few months and are difficult to keep alive . The Sabellid species dwarf feathwe dusters seem to be easier to keep so I was wondering what anybody knew about whaT THEY EAT. I only have saltwater tanks with live rock in them . I only add purple up to the tank as any additive . I have magnesium ,calcium ,and stronium oh and iodine but I don't add them very much at all . I have reef bugs and marine snow because I was thinking of trying to keep a flame scallop or some feather dusters in the near future . What type of phytoplankton is the best and how hard is it to feed these feather dusters and scallops with no experences in what to do ? Please help I want to try this but want to get some more imput so I can keep them alive and healthy . thanks for any imput

 

[rlablan]

I have a large feather duster in my tank that I bought from SWF.com
I have some LR that came with at least 10 dwarf dusters on it. That are all really neat colors like lime green, bright red and teal! I have been feeding them all reef plankton, phytoplankton and coral frenzy.
Feather duster are filter feeders. The are non photosynthetic and they remove nutrients right out of the water column. There is no need for spot feeding and as long as you add something to the tank once a week for them (very little needs to be added), they should be just fine. Just make sure that there is something present in the tank for it to filter out. I have had good luck with mine, and they all seem to be growing.
Good luck!