Feather Duster Trouble

Discussion in 'Coral' started by Zimmy71, Oct 4, 2010.

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  1. Zimmy71

    Zimmy71 Bristle Worm

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    Well, first off I don’t know if I am posting this in the right place so I apologize. Anyway, I have a feather duster that has been in my tank for about 9 months and right now I don’t know if it’s alive or dead. For the past two days I have not seen its feathers but when I felt the tubing it did not seem empty. I decided to check my salinity and it was about 1.027 so I dumped allot of RO in to lower to 1.025. I read that salinity fluctuations affect feather dusters. What are your suggestions?

    Thanks.
     
    Zimmy71, Oct 4, 2010
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  2. diverdan

    diverdan Bangghai Cardinal

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    Feather dusters will occationally drop their head/ feather/ whatever you call it and make a new one. i had 2 at one point and they would be missing their feather for a week or 2 at a time and then just pop out again. thats my expierence with feather dusters.
     
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  3. MTips18

    MTips18 Purple Spiny Lobster

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    They are tough IMO they either do well or die. Give it a few days and see what happens.
     
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