Decorative Feather Duster Worms

[NHGJesusFreak]

1) Does anyone have some that they are willing to sell? I am asking out of pure curiosity, and I am not currently looking to buy.

2) I have had two of these worms already, the first was killed by hermit crabs (noob mistake), but the second died for unknown reasons. Although, the person who took the worm out of the petco tank exposed it to air. Is that a possible reason for it dying? Are there specific parameters that need to be watched for filter worms? How long should I wait for a worm to show its head before declaring it dead?

[Chad Vossen]

for the frag swap, i sold several white feather dusters. these are the kind that will reproduce in your display tank and add life to the sometimes lifeless shadows of the tank. the largest feather dusters i have had are slightly larger than the diameter of a quarter.

i sell these for 1$ each depending on availability. it may be awhile before i have more to pluck out but other club members have them.

as far as the Hawaiian feather dusters that you see in the pet stores, i have bad luck with those too. it seems they need more food to survive. my white feather dusters thrive off whatever is drifting in the water.

here is a picture of my feather dusters to see what im talking about.
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g291/armagedon48/rebel277.jpg

[NHGJesusFreak]

Well, I wish I had known that when you were talking to Max! What do you mean by plucking them off? How do you go about taking them off? I've got a few of those small ones in my tank too, but I don't see how you could take them off without hurting them. Did your Hawaiian feather's open up though? I never even saw the head of the ones that I bought.

[Chad Vossen]

my Hawaiian dusters survived a few months. at first they were amazing, but slowly declined. at 10-15$ each, i havnt wanted to try another. my water flow now days wouldn't allow for such a big feather duster.

the feather dusters in my tank are "plucked" off the substrate. its perfectly fine to break their tube as long as you give them enough space to remain in the tube. they are quick at rebuilding it, and even if they fall out of their tube, they will rebuild a new one somewhere else, often in the sand or a detritus pile.

im surprised you saw me at the meeting, and remembered who i was talking to. i hardly remember who i saw there lol. one of the only things i can remember from Sunday, all the corals. i do remember seeing a few people that i have gotten to know.

[NHGJesusFreak]

I am actually kind of surprised myself because I am usually horrible with names. We were all standing around a table (I feel dumb just typing that) and Abby, Amber, Lotterpufferfish, Sneeze, you, and I were all socializing. Abby or Amber had just gotten a free frag.

Anyway, do you have any worms available now? I go home (Big Lake) on some weekends, so we could meet on a Sunday night, unless you are down in the cities during the week or some (most) weekends.

[NHGJesusFreak]

Does anyone else have any feather dusters right now?

[wes]

I don't have one for sale, but I wanted to mention that I have a hawaiian that I've had for 1-1.5 years. It has lost its head twice and rebuilt both times withing about two weeks. I don't have a monster amount of food, but it seems to be happy. Guess I just got lucky with one, it sounds like.

[SammytheBull]

I've had good luck with mine so far, hasn't lost it's head :hammerhead: it's a big hawaiin feather duster, but it is gettin a rather dark brown spot at the base of where the tube is in the sand. I've had mine just under 8 months. I have lots of small duster also just like the big one, not sure they came from that one or not. I wonder how old somethin like the big dusters are just lookin at the tiny ones all around the tank.

[NHGJesusFreak]

I've had good luck with mine so far, hasn't lost it's head :hammerhead: it's a big hawaiin feather duster, but it is gettin a rather dark brown spot at the base of where the tube is in the sand. I've had mine just under 8 months. I have lots of small duster also just like the big one, not sure they came from that one or not. I wonder how old somethin like the big dusters are just lookin at the tiny ones all around the tank.

Would you be willing to part with some of the smaller ones?

[NHGJesusFreak]

I don't have one for sale, but I wanted to mention that I have a hawaiian that I've had for 1-1.5 years. It has lost its head twice and rebuilt both times withing about two weeks. I don't have a monster amount of food, but it seems to be happy. Guess I just got lucky with one, it sounds like.

Yeah, lucky... Or I'm not doing something right. Don't you have that feather duster in your nano?

P.s. When you handle feather duster's at Harmar, do you expose them to air?

[SammytheBull]

Yeah you could have some, I have no idea how to harvest them. They seem to collect substrate for there tubes (the ones that are in the sand) so I dunno if they might fall apart or what, I'll give it a shot and let you know.

[NHGJesusFreak]

the feather dusters in my tank are "plucked" off the substrate. its perfectly fine to break their tube as long as you give them enough space to remain in the tube. they are quick at rebuilding it, and even if they fall out of their tube, they will rebuild a new one somewhere else, often in the sand or a detritus pile.


Maybe try this? I appreciate it though!