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King-Richard 
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Posted: December 30 2010 at 5:49pm |
I just bought a feather duster about 4 hours ago and it has not came out of it's tube since I put it in my tank is this normal? Water conditions are great everything else in my tank is doing really good.
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Posted: December 30 2010 at 6:00pm |
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It's always good to be patient with new additions to the tank. Did you acclimate? What did you do?
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Posted: December 30 2010 at 6:07pm |
I Did a drip method. Maybe it just needs more time
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Posted: December 30 2010 at 6:26pm |
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I generally don't expect corals, fish, inverts etc to behave normally the first day into a tank. If it's still not coming out by morning then maybe something isn't right.
Edited by Luckedout - December 30 2010 at 6:31pm
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Posted: December 30 2010 at 6:26pm |
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If you took your time on the acclimation, just give him more time to de-stress. maybe turn out the lights for a while and don't disturb for a while.
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Posted: December 30 2010 at 6:28pm |
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Can you post the water parameters? do you have a full pic of the tank? have you seen any fish picking at it?
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Posted: December 30 2010 at 6:31pm |
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Just give it a little time and it will be OK.
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Posted: December 31 2010 at 9:59am |
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Are the Alk and Ca within range?
Featherduster Worms can stay closed up for days. If the top of its tube is pinched shut, it is still alive. Featherdusters need time to push their butt end into the sand and situate themselves comfortably.
For the future, consider this: The easiest way to introduce new creatures is to acclimate them quickly in 20 minutes. You may think that this is reckless, but it works for me and many other hobbyists here. FYI, when it comes to acclimation, more is not better.
Pour the bags contents into a small tub. A large plastic butter container or ice cream container works well for this. Scoop or pour out half the water into the tank then add 1/3 to 1/2 of the volume in the container from the tank. Wait 10 minutes and exchange half of the water. Wait ten more minutes and introduce the animal to the tank. This can also be done in the bag rather than using a container, but the closed bag restricts gas exchange and seems to cause more stress. All Shrimp and very large fish just shipped in are the only creatures that require longer acclimation time.
If it is a fish in water has been treated with copper, do not add any of the transport water to the tank. There is one more special cool way to handle fish transfer, but I'll save that for you to read below in the Reefkeeping Tip "Secrets of adding new fish..."
Edited by Mark Peterson - December 31 2010 at 10:16am
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