Feather Dusters / ?'s advice

[newfishliny]

just bought 2 feather dusters today, can you tell me the best placement for them and feeding if anything special.
easy current or strong current.
this would be helpful
thanks
new fish
DON

 

[hhands361]

i just purchased one last weekend and my lfs guy told me not too much current, and to bury their rear segments in the substrate. Also, you shouldn't have to feed them but some people choose to feed them brine shrimp. So far I haven't fed mine and its doing great.

 

[beerman]

Medium current. I wedged mine into some live rock. I've never fed it and it's doing well.

 

[newfishliny]

thanks for your help
don
new fish

 

[travis truman]

mine hasnst opened for a day.....so today I moved it and I noticed that when I moved it there was a little worm.......oprange with white little spikes on it...........what could this be?
I dont know where it went

 

[ekclark]

I have several and they are really cool animals. I tried placing them in certain areas, but they found a place they liked better. I feed mine invert gumbo coral food. The only trouble I have had is when they bred (nitrates through the roof) and my yellow tang killed one. That in mind, they are low maintenance and a real neat addition.

 

[goldrush]

Travis, Was that little worm ON or IN the tube? You know that feather dusters ARE worms,right?

 

[califishdude]

im thinking about purchasing a few fetherdusters but i also have a yellow tang, do they always eat them, so far he hasnt touched any anemonies or any poypls or mushroom anemonies.

 

[leigh]

i add a capful of kent marine micro vert twice a week for my feather dusters and other filter feeders (my gorgo loves it as well). i tried spot feeding them once and it just freaked them out. as for tangs, it's a risk... but trigger fish are a bigger risk all depends on the fishes personality...this might be a silly idea (or at least unpopular), but califishdude, if you get a few feather dusters, and your tang attacks them, you could always put them in your refugium if you got one...they're not going to eat your bugs after all...
and travis, you probably had a bristle worm that was happily living near your feather duster, when you moved the feather duster it just freaked the worm...he's probably hiding somewhere else now instead

 

[newfishliny]

Originally posted by travis truman
mine hasnst opened for a day.....so today I moved it and I noticed that when I moved it there was a little worm.......oprange with white little spikes on it...........what could this be?
I dont know where it went
I ALSO BOUGHT MINE YESTERDAY 2 OF THEM , ONE IS HAPPY AND FULL OF DUSTING , THE OTHER POP OUT ONCE AND NOW ITS BEEN 24 HRS BEFORE IT HAS COME OUT , i KNOW ITS THERE BECAUSE IT POP UP FOR A SEC , WHAT SHOULD I DO , SHOVE A PENCIL DOWN THERE ( lol) REALLY WHAT'
THANKS
NEW FISH
DON

 

[leigh]

give it time...it's just stressed and acclimating to it's new home...

 

[newfishliny]

thanks
new fish