Feather duster lighting needs

[salty420]

I'd love to get a feather duster or 2 but have not yet upgraded my lighting... what do I need for them wpg wise?

 

[Reefscape]

how many watts do you actually have in the tank at the moment?

Niko

 

[salty420]

it's an eclipse hood, 2 20 watt tubes for a whopping 1 wpg...

 

[Fishieness]

they dont need any light because they arent' photsynthetic
they get by soluly on feedings of phytoplankton

 

[jojo22]

Exactly you could keep them in a pitch black room and they would grow as long as they get food, kind of like a sun coral, but there is no harm in having them in the light so you can look at how pretty they are.

 

[salty420]

ah that's so great! i was thinking that they needed more light then i've got... feather dusters here i come!

 

[Reefkid 07]

Mine died; I forgot to put that smelly sea algae in the tank. They require that sometimes but don't give them too much or you'll kill your tank. This depends on how large the bioload currently is.ya

Jake

 

[salty420]

will i need to drip acclimate the duster and if so for how long?

 

[Pallen81]

will i need to drip acclimate the duster and if so for how long?

you know what, thats a really really good question. I actually don't know the answer.

But when I got my dusters, I did acclimate them for around two hours JUST to be sure.

I'd love to know the answer to this! lol.

 

[SHK_ATK]

you know what, thats a really really good question. I actually don't know the answer.

But when I got my dusters, I did acclimate them for around two hours JUST to be sure.

I'd love to know the answer to this! lol.

I just temp aclimated mine and he is fine. even when I moved him from my big tank into my smaller one I just dumped him in (kinda forgot to acclimate or anything opps its happens) and after he found a place he like he opened Hes opened now, pretty hardy little things.