Duster Placement...

[squidd]

I got a Hawian Feather Duster as a gift and was wondering How/Where to place him in the tank...
Options being...
Stuck up on a rock...how to secure?
Laying on the sand bed...
Burried in the sand...How deep?
The "crown" spreads out about 3-4" and the tube is about 10" long...6" harder curved tube and 4" softer clear "foot"
TIA

 

[rbmount]

I have mine in a part of the tank that has a light to medium flow.

 

[birdy]

I believe in nature they live on the sanbed with just the top of the tube exposed, They will dig down in the sand or attach to the rocks. I also have mine in a slow current area, mine is on the sandbed with its tube back into the rock structure.

 

[naturelover]

Sand bottom is best but carfull not to let it touch on glass like this. I have hard time cleaning glass since it is attached to it.

 

[squidd]

Ok, I put him in the nano on the bottom in the sand...
I "buried" him about an inch down with about an inch and a half of tube sticking out of the sand...
Medium/low flow area..just enough to lightly "rustle" his feathers.
He opens and closes on a "regular" basis...I assume this is normal? Extending to catch/retracting to eat?

 

[squidd]

I like the "look" of just the "crown" sticking out of the rocks like that...
I may move him later as I add peices to the tank...
Do they eventually "attach" themselves to something...(like naturelover's did to the glass) ? or will I need to "wedge" him or "glue' him in?

nevermind... ...you answered that...