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Posted: January 12 2010 at 8:28pm |
We just got in some feather dusters and they came out of thier tubes.  Looking sad. Any help would be greatly apprieciated. Thanks in advance, Glen.
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Posted: January 12 2010 at 9:21pm |
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you can pick it up and help it back in its tube, you will lightly push helping it back into the tube.
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Posted: January 12 2010 at 9:23pm |
When they are stressed or starving they can shed their crown gills. They will grow back if the conditions are right.
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Posted: January 12 2010 at 9:42pm |
The main problem was the snails, crabs and starfish attacking the feather crowns / worms. Mike the crowns did detatch and lost one of the worms and one of the crowns.  The tube is too soft to try to put them back in. Any other ideas?
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Posted: January 12 2010 at 9:45pm |
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yes the tube is soft but i have done this many times it can be done.
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Posted: January 12 2010 at 9:51pm |
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let hope it works out if not get a coco worm
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Posted: January 12 2010 at 11:33pm |
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It's a little tough to get them back in to the tube, but you can do it. I'm really pulling for you guys! They were great looking dusters!
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Posted: January 13 2010 at 11:12am |
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What is the tank like that these went into? Perhaps we can suggest improvements to make it healthier so this doesn't happen again.
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Posted: January 13 2010 at 3:43pm |
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so it happens from putting them into a bad tank so to speak?
Conditions I mean?
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Posted: January 13 2010 at 5:20pm |
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yes the tube is soft but i have done this many times it can be done. |
I've not had to deal with this but I do trust Eric and would try again.
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Posted: January 13 2010 at 5:53pm |
GUNDLR wrote:
so it happens from putting them into a bad tank so to speak?
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No not really, it mostly happens when they get stressed out. Usually when they are first added to a tank.
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Posted: January 13 2010 at 8:02pm |
My Tank parameters aren't too bad, the nitrites are a little high 60ppm, but everything seems to be doing really great. The main problem was they were attacked by all the clean up crew, my wife was mortified. She went upstairs for about 40 mins and when she got back down they were covered with snails and crabs. I do think one is still alive. We have it seperated from the clean up crew with a breeder trap. It seems to be working for now. Thank you all for your suggestions.
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Posted: January 13 2010 at 9:10pm |
Keep it quarantined until it is healthy enough to retract quickly on its own. Once established, they can be very hardy and you shouldn't have to worry about the crabs bothering it.
However, I have seen choc chip star wipe out a healthy feather duster is short order.
Keep us posted.
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Posted: January 13 2010 at 9:46pm |
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Glad to hear it's alive Glen. Just let me know if there's anything I can do to help you out.
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