Feather duster? Can i?

[Ricksreef]

No care? So do I or do I not need to feed them?

You don't really need to feed them but adding some plankton to your aquarium will benefit all your corals that extend feeder tentacles especially until your tank is established and producing plankton on it's own.

 

[Bloomk]

You don't really need to feed them but adding some plankton to your aquarium will benefit all your corals that extend feeder tentacles especially until your tank is established and producing plankton on it's own.

I don't have any corals yet

 

[Ricksreef]

I don't have any corals yet

Then you really don't need to supplement feed yet.They will get fed through your other food you are feeding your fish.

 

[Bloomk]

So here's a question, I currently do not have a protein skimmer and am thinking of getting one for my sump. Question is, will it hurt my feather dusters?

 

[Ricksreef]

So here's a question, I currently do not have a protein skimmer and am thinking of getting one for my sump. Question is, will it hurt my feather dusters?

No,they will still get food from the water column.

 

[joy13]

How long can feather dusters be expected to live in a well established tank?

 

[Sergie]

Dusters don't do too well in captivity. They usually only live 1-2 years.

 

[Bloomk]

Dusters don't do too well in captivity. They usually only live 1-2 years.

Why is that? That sucks

 

[joy13]

That is what I had been hearing they don't do well that is why I tried once and would love to have another but don't want to risk killing it. I keep hoping to find someone that has had them for a few years and find out what about their tank makes them do so well.

 

[Ricksreef]

It is a worm,what do you expect.One to two years is a long time,especially when you get to my age.Hopefully with luck yours might reproduce.

 

[Bloomk]

Yea, I'm reading that they don't really know how long they live in the wild. So that might not be too bad.