How to keep a feather duster?...any tips?

[Sarge]

Hey>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Anybody ever keep a feather duster?..ive always liked them but they seem like they are pretty hard to keep...but recently ive been hearing that they are actually easy to maintain.

If anyone can give me any tips and basically explain how to care for it...what it feeds on, any special needs it may have or stuff like that...

Does it need any type of special lighting?...I believe you can feed them with the filter feeder liquids from brands like Kent. Can you guys specify what type of food and if I need to place it in any specific part of the aquarium.

It would be going into a 55gal FO with inverts that Im planning on setting up soon

Thanks

 

[Decz]

I have found feather dusters to be easy to care for. I have a handful in a 20 gallon with only 53 watts of standard fl. lighting. I also have a handful in my 33 gallon almost-reef with 96 watts of 50/50 10,000 compact. I've only lost one feather duster in my experience, and that was because I accidently dug it up and removed it from my tank - only to realize 3 days later.

I feed mine Liquid Life Bioplankton

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[Pineapple]

They’re easy in my book. My feather is still alive after two years. I wouldn’t call that success. I do nothing special for it. My tank has been established for years. Establishment probably helps because they feed off of bacteria. It is a sabellid polychaete. While bought serpulids are not as easy.

 

[BadRoma1]

i love feather dusters. the ones i have came with the rock. i threw it in QT with cold water for few weeks, in a middle of all that i noticed feather dusters and put the heater in. it has been long time ago. i still have them but they started growing after i put helide light in. they are not those that you would get with everything, which i have plenty of. no. those are the onse that get big. about the little feather dusters; i have infestation, but it's my favorite infestation. :thm:

 

[Germanman]

the giant, tiny, colored, and common feather dusters are easy. they need normal reef conditions, and should be spot fed at least every other day with mocrovert, phytoplex or marine snow. they dont need light or get any benifits from light. other species like the coco worm and christmastree worms are delicate and need special care and feeding. best thing do some reasurch on them go to www.liveaquaria.com and go to their saltwater invert section.