Feather duster

[Sipec]

so 2 days ago i got a hawaiian feather duster at the fish store. I put it in the tank and it has shed its tube and crawled behind my rockwork. I haven’t seen it since. Is this normal? Is it building a new tube back there?

 

[John3]

Not a good sign. They can rebuild a tube but from what I have read normally they are goners when this happens. I had one do this after being happy in the tank for 6 months. I’ve never seen it again.

 

[ThunderGoose]

Feather dusters seem to have a high mortality. My local pet store had some and they did exactly this. I've ordered them on line and had them survive a lot longer (currently I have 3 I can find and 1 than my urchin carried about that I haven't seen in a while - all from online sources).

 

[Sipec]

What ive heard is that they leave theyre tube when they dont like where theyre at

 

[Sipec]

#reefsquad

 

[jsker]

I am with @John3 on this, not a good sign. What are you parameters compared to the LFS, probably due to stress for one environment to another.

 

[Sipec]

I am with @John3 on this, not a good sign. What are you parameters compared to the LFS, probably due to stress for one environment to another.

I’m not sure what the lfs’s parameters are, but ill check mine later

 

[ArowanaLover1902]

Honestly my only problem with feather dusters is something eating their tube. You have to give it high flow so it gets lots of food. If it felt like moving then the area was way off, he needed to go somewhere else. You may have had a "poker" too, or a fish or invert that comes and pokes the crown too often, it will feel threatened and try to move elsewhere.