Feeding Feather Dusters?

[SaltwaterNoob17]

I'm thinking about getting a feather duster or two for my aquarium. Do I need to feed them, or will they get what they need on their own? I've never had one before and know very little about them...

 

[Bifferwine]

They are filter feeders and pretty easy to keep. You don't need to add anything special for them, they will get what they need from the water.

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

Thanks!! How many could go (are recommended) in a 46 gallon aquarium? And, where should they be placed in an aquarium?

 

[Cathic]

I have 2 I spot feed mine with phytoplex but they do get what they need from the water column, I keep them in my 29g, a 46 could hold 4 or 5 depending on how you wanted to place them. the more you keep though the more you would need to feed or at least add phyto for them.

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

Should they be placed inbetween crevices in the LR or in the sandbed? Does flow/lighting matter like it does with coral?

 

[Cathic]

Flow materrers, in my experience, light not so much, just place them where you want them, see if they open up nice and pretty, if not move them, I have ad one who likes to plant itself to the bottom of the aquarium and one who likes the crevices of LR. Either way, it will be somewhere they get decent flow (not strong) and can get food (spot feeding eliminates that though). Just find a spot where they open is my best opinion.

EDIT: Wherever you place them they will attach with a very strong secretion, make sure if its on a rock its a rock you may be able to move later, they will hold fast to whatever it is they touch when they find somewhere they like.

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

Okay. Thanks, Cathic!