Habachi_Grill
Community Member
Hey Everyone,
I recently picked up a feather duster at my Lfs last week. Last night I noticed the worm was crawling out of the shell and this morning was on the FLOOR in the corner!. I am running a IM 14g Peninsula where the worm is placed in the bottom left corner beneath the overflow. In terms of feeding, I would spot feed live phytoplankton that I culture along with baby brime shrimp and pieces of mysis (usually for my other fish).
In terms of water condition, 34 Salinity, 25 celsius, 8.1 PH, 1500 Magnesium, Nitrate at 5-10, Phosphate is extremely high at 131. (I am actively using phosphate remover about 1ml every other day to slowly lower with water changes and will be throwing in macro algae )
What would be my best course of action? I have read those who say:
- attempt to put it back in the tube
- cover it with sand
- move to a new location with current
- throw the worm away because it is dead
- change water to adjust water parameters
Please check in and help me out as I would love to keep little fella if possible. But I was leaning toward just covering with sand temporarily then move toward 5gal water change in my tank
I recently picked up a feather duster at my Lfs last week. Last night I noticed the worm was crawling out of the shell and this morning was on the FLOOR in the corner!. I am running a IM 14g Peninsula where the worm is placed in the bottom left corner beneath the overflow. In terms of feeding, I would spot feed live phytoplankton that I culture along with baby brime shrimp and pieces of mysis (usually for my other fish).
In terms of water condition, 34 Salinity, 25 celsius, 8.1 PH, 1500 Magnesium, Nitrate at 5-10, Phosphate is extremely high at 131. (I am actively using phosphate remover about 1ml every other day to slowly lower with water changes and will be throwing in macro algae )
What would be my best course of action? I have read those who say:
- attempt to put it back in the tube
- cover it with sand
- move to a new location with current
- throw the worm away because it is dead
- change water to adjust water parameters
Please check in and help me out as I would love to keep little fella if possible. But I was leaning toward just covering with sand temporarily then move toward 5gal water change in my tank
