Feather Duster placement/mount--Help plz

I just got my order in today for my reef tank. Something that i wasnt expecting is that my feather duster i ordered has no tube. How should i put it in the tank?

Note: I have had tiny brisstle worms but haven't seen any in a few weeks. I dipped the rocks and the came crawling out. If there are any still in here will they hurt the duster if it is in the sand?

Thanks in advance!

 

The duster will anchor itself in a spot it likes. Sand level between rocks is good. The duster not having a tube is not good; they don't do well without one. Hopefully yours will be an exception. Contact the seller and ask why there was not tube with your duster.

 

I placed the backs of mine in the sand, with about half the tube in the sand, in areas of medium flow, so they get some movement but don't fold from the current.

Without a tube, I'd get it in the general area you want it in, and let it go. It'll wander around at this point, until it finds a suitable place.

 

as advised above
place the feather / worm on the sand bed close to rockwork
they can and often will, secrete a glue like substance that will stick to grains of sand and thus make their own tube in time
I have seen many like this, some with full sand grain tubes and some with partial sand grain tubes where the tube was damaged and broke off and the worm extended what was left using the glue and sand method as described above

as long as it is not predated on in the mean time

Steve

 

As i turned my lights on this morning i noticedd he was a little more extended than yesterday when i put him in. And sure enought he had made a tube with the sand! Pics as soon as he comes out a lil more!

Karma for you

 

So it depends if it's a coco type worm or a soft tubed type worm. Soft tubes will do this. Cocos I've never seen do this.

Coco (hawaiian often called) have calcium type tubes. Soft tubed worms use substrate and diarrhea/spit - however you want to look at it.

sounds like a soft tubed variety.

 

Great to hear it is attached and building a tube.