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    Posted: October 08 2002 at 9:19am

How does one take care of a feather duster? What do they eat? Are they on the beginner's list to avoid or are they pretty hardy? What are the secrets to success? Any tidbit welcome!

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Easy to keep.  Filter feeders.  You don't really have to do anything for them, but they do eat rotifers.  Or, they will simply eat little bits of food floating in the tank.  Typically very easy to keep.

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I've got a spare if you would like one.

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If he doesn't want it - then I would

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I've got plenty. So I'll put your name on one.  Anyone else want a one?

Interesting history:  I bought one a year ago. Within 45 days it passed on. But within 30 days after that, 20 or so new ones started up. Maybe it self propagated or died during "duster" birth.   How do they multiple?  Anyone have any experiece with this.
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Krik, I have heard that when corals "die" its not uncommon for a bunch of "babies" to appear. Jake has a frogspawn that has "died" a couple times, but now there's about 30 heads on it. It might be a question for Jake to give his opinion. Don't take my work as gospel. I'll trade you for a couple feather dusters. Let me know!
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One thing you do have to keep in mind about feather dusters have lots of natural predators.  Some people say that arrow crabs eat them.  I've never bought any large ones but I have lots of them growing on my live rock.  They are just mini ones right now.  Some feather dusters don't like a lot of light.  They tend to sometimes hang out where it dark.  Thats all I know about them.
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I'd definately like one if you've got extras. Are they large or small?
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They are too small now to even bother.  A few more years from now I might part with some.
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