feather dusters

treestump · 07/11/2007, 06:32 AM

hello I have a couple questions my tank has been set up for about 4 days with 35 pounds of uncured Fiji Marshall and kaelini rock so far I have found 4 feather dusters in my rock two are exposed you can see tubes attached to rock and two are inside rock and just pop out this is my question if I have buried a fan worm under a rock or between rock and sand will they die? or do they move at all and are they tough will they live thru cycle? thank for the help

Nano Chris · 07/11/2007, 06:44 AM

I had plenty on my lr when i bought it, don't seem to matter if a few get buried, you will eventually have a load on your rocks, interesting creatures.

BeanAnimal · 07/11/2007, 07:14 AM

The small feather dusters may make it. The very large ones usually do not. They are also very easily predated upon by shrimp, crabs, and some fish.

jhentr · 07/11/2007, 12:07 PM

IME, the one in between the sand and rock will burrow out with a newly secreted tube so they'll be fine.

07/11/2007, 06:32 AM	#1
treestump Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: norton, ohio Posts: 29	feather dusters hello I have a couple questions my tank has been set up for about 4 days with 35 pounds of uncured Fiji Marshall and kaelini rock so far I have found 4 feather dusters in my rock two are exposed you can see tubes attached to rock and two are inside rock and just pop out this is my question if I have buried a fan worm under a rock or between rock and sand will they die? or do they move at all and are they tough will they live thru cycle? thank for the help

07/11/2007, 06:44 AM	#2
Nano Chris Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 2,758	I had plenty on my lr when i bought it, don't seem to matter if a few get buried, you will eventually have a load on your rocks, interesting creatures. __________________ Chris ------- 34 Gallon Red Sea Max 130! Setup (Just got back into the hobby) Current Tank Info: 34 Gallon RedSeaMax!

07/11/2007, 07:14 AM	#3
BeanAnimal Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 20,772	The small feather dusters may make it. The very large ones usually do not. They are also very easily predated upon by shrimp, crabs, and some fish.

07/11/2007, 12:07 PM	#4
jhentr Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Inland Empire, Ca Posts: 559	IME, the one in between the sand and rock will burrow out with a newly secreted tube so they'll be fine.