Feathers

[Ruu]

My tank has been up for a very little while now, and I am still clearly mid-cycle, but my live rock (or possibly some fine live sand that I put in last night) has suddenly brought forth life in the form of not one, but two new feather dusters. They seem to be doing fine, but do I need to feed these little dudes? I can rush out and get some DT tomorrow if necessary - I really want them to make it, since they are the first real life that has magically appeared in my tank. They have names now for goodness sake!

Dave

[avshockey311]

Feather duster are a filter feeder. They are going to feed of anything in the tank. I had a few in my tank when I started it, never fed them and they are all still alive. Are you talking about full size feather dusters or just the little ones that appear out of your rock?

[Ruu]

One is absolutely tiny - I only spotted it because I was watching so closely (I can't be the only one that sits there for hours - admit it), the other is less tiny, but hardly a full-size duster yet.

Dave

[avshockey311]

I will be the first to admit to that. I still do it too, just sit there and scan the Live rock. I wouldnt worry to much about feeding them. You will see MANY more come and go through time. Neat little things though. I remeber the first one we saw in our tank, I was sitting there scanning the rock as usual and saw him and about had a heart attack acutual life in the tank that had just been sitting there for weeks with nothing. We named our first one too.

[kaweahnet]

I sit for hours too ... watching algea grow :-)