Feather Duster Lost Crown

[YaBoyLaj]

So i've had my feather duster for about 2 months now. I dose the tank twice a week with Ocean Snow for him and my corals and he was alway out. I came out this morning and his crown was just floating around the tank. I did see him come out of his tube so he is still alive, but I'm not sure what to do. Any suggestions?

[ajmckay]

What are your water parameters? It can sometime happen due to water quality or other factors such as too much light or flow or it's in an area with too little flow and it doesn't get enough food - should grow back eventually unless there's something irritating it then it may even move.

 

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2002/8/inverts

[YaBoyLaj]

What are your water parameters? It can sometime happen due to water quality or other factors such as too much light or flow or it's in an area with too little flow and it doesn't get enough food - should grow back eventually unless there's something irritating it then it may even move.

 

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2002/8/inverts

Parameters are perfect, checked today. He is in a lower light area and the flow is perfect and he gets his food every time, he even would come about an inch out of his tube to get as much as possible, so idk why this happened but ill keep my fingers crossed! Thanks for the help!

[ajmckay]

Parameters are perfect, checked today. He is in a lower light area and the flow is perfect and he gets his food every time, he even would come about an inch out of his tube to get as much as possible, so idk why this happened but ill keep my fingers crossed! Thanks for the help!

 

Yeah so "perfect" isn't really a unit of measure... Did you actually test or are you just assuming everything is good? I don't believe anyone when they say their water is "perfect".

 

Nothing against you but responses like that aren't going to get you any useful advice. If you have a problem and you create a thread asking what to do you need to be willing to answer some questions and at least perform a gamut of water tests. Unfortunately "crossing your fingers" also does very little in the way of finding and solving issues that come up from time to time.

 

Comparing to typical ocean water and recommended aquarium values how do you match up?

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rhf/

 

 

Part of the problem is that it's not always known what causes the crowns to shed. Some say it's normal, however, it also often occurs on it's way to being dead. In my research water quality and location are key. And something as simple as moving it could have a huge impact on its chances of long term survival (for better or worse). As for feeding, it's a filter feeder so it's constantly eating. Squirting in some coral food while it's out does nothing to prove that it's getting sufficient nutrition.

 

Anyways good luck

[YaBoyLaj]

Yeah so "perfect" isn't really a unit of measure... Did you actually test or are you just assuming everything is good? I don't believe anyone when they say their water is "perfect".

 

Nothing against you but responses like that aren't going to get you any useful advice. If you have a problem and you create a thread asking what to do you need to be willing to answer some questions and at least perform a gamut of water tests. Unfortunately "crossing your fingers" also does very little in the way of finding and solving issues that come up from time to time.

 

Comparing to typical ocean water and recommended aquarium values how do you match up?

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rhf/

 

 

Part of the problem is that it's not always known what causes the crowns to shed. Some say it's normal, however, it also often occurs on it's way to being dead. In my research water quality and location are key. And something as simple as moving it could have a huge impact on its chances of long term survival (for better or worse). As for feeding, it's a filter feeder so it's constantly eating. Squirting in some coral food while it's out does nothing to prove that it's getting sufficient nutrition.

 

Anyways good luck

Thanks for advice, sorry for all my noobie responses lol, I just got a job at my lfs and have learned so much about params since, he is happily regenerating a crown and I think it may have been a drop in temp, my heater wasn't on... Everything is good now tank stays at 78* and salinity is at 1.025

[TFish77]

So i've had my feather duster for about 2 months now. I dose the tank twice a week with Ocean Snow for him and my corals and he was alway out. I came out this morning and his crown was just floating around the tank. I did see him come out of his tube so he is still alive, but I'm not sure what to do. Any suggestions?

Feather Dusters will "throw" their crowns from time to time. Same with coco worms. It will grow back as long as the worm is still in the tube.

[YaBoyLaj]

Feather Dusters will "throw" their crowns from time to time. Same with coco worms. It will grow back as long as the worm is still in the tube.

 

Yep doing pretty good! His crown is crowing at a pretty quick rate too, a little different shade of brown from the last one, it's pretty interesting

[Nureefgirl]

My feather duster just lost his crown as well. I am not sure if its water parameters. These were last checked 2 days ago.  I will be checking these shortly.  I do have an emerald crab, a peppermint shrimp and some bumblebee and turbo snails in the tank. Could any of these have harmed it. Temperature is kept at 78 regulated by auto thermostat on heater. 

Also does anyone know how feather dusters reproduce?