Feather duster questions

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Hi. I recently moved my feather duster into another tank. It lost all it's feathers. Is it dead? I have not seen it come out in days. Just wondering what I should do with the leathery part he was hiding in..Not sure what is going on..Please help.. Thank you.

 

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ANYONE KNOW?

 

[lobstah]

Dont quote me but I believe they can drop thier feathers and they will regrow new ones fairly quick, but im not 100% sure sorry.

 

[spiderwoman]

Just don't touch him, at all. He will regrow his feathers, just needs to be left alone.

 

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Thank you guys..this is good to know. I tried researching on line but there is not much available.

 

[ophiura]

They can regrow but it is a sign of stress or at least not being real happy. So it is possible it will regenerate....or not. Were all parameters identical...did you acclimate? be sure water parameters are ideal.

 

[earnit33]

I have a pink and white feather duster that my blue devil damsel destroyed and I lost track of the tube,this has been about 3-4 weeks, and yesterday I was inspecting with a magnifiing glass(my eyes are getting bad) and low and behold peaking out from a rock was a pink and white feather duster

so don't give up yet.

 

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Thanks. Last night I seen it peck out alittle so I think it is ok..I just did not want to leave the tube in my tank if it was dead. I will wait to see what happens. Thanks guys.

 

[earnit33]

glad to here that.

 

[auntkaren]

Yes, they do drop their feathers especially when stressed. They are pretty hardy though and it most likely will rebuild it's tube and grow new feathers. We had a flatworm problem in our tank and I inadvertently pulled the whole tube off a fanworm! It was just

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and probably really PO'd. It was kept in our HT holding tank overnite with all the snails and inverts. I couldn't find it when we moved the HT contents back to the main tank. About a month later... there he was! Full feathered and happy.
So I guess I'm saying just leave it be and see where it pops up again. It just may take some time.

 

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Ok, thats good to know.. he is still hiding in it's tube.. It has been about a week..I just hope he is ok..

 

[spiderwoman]

Has he shown up? My Fountain Feather duster lost it's head a few days ago.

 

[earnit33]

give it some time it will regrow!

 

[lobstah]

My feather duster was destroyed by my foxface, I thought for sure he was done for he lost his whole tube and his feathers went from about 2-3in down to 1/2in but he still sucks himself under a piece of LR when things go near him, IDK but i think these things are pretty tough.

 

[chroniccoral35]

Mine seems it lost all of his feathers, it was full of them yesterday....it comes out tho but its just a skinnier wierd looking tube thing, but no feathers

 

[whitebird]

took a week for ours to start growing back

 

[rebelprettyboy]

Mine also feel out and grew some back. took it for dead and just never took it out. Long and behold new feathers!

 

[nano12er]

mine dropped its feathers after I moved, total tank break down, and reset, tube stayed, and it grew back smaller feathers 2 weeks later. Now though, the duster and tube are MIA... hopefully it has relocated and will show up somewhere else....