Feather Duster Question

MinnReef · Aug 25, 2020

Would it be dumb to have a nano dominated with differnt kinds of feather dusters, will NOT have coco worms. Just mainly Sabellastarte sp and Sabella sp. and I plan on feeding reff nutrition oyster feast, R.O.E, and phyto. Tank is a marineland 5G that I will do nearly 100% WC (hopefully the macroalgae will help with nutrients) once a week.

Spare time · Aug 25, 2020

I don't think it would be dumb at all. Consider culturing your own phyto though as you will save lots of money and its pretty easy (iso or tetra would work well for this). Also, you may not need to do water changes that much if you have a decent amount of macro. Are you gonna have fish?

MinnReef · Aug 25, 2020

Spare time said:
I don't think it would be dumb at all. Consider culturing your own phyto though as you will save lots of money and its pretty easy (iso or tetra would work well for this). Also, you may not need to do water changes that much if you have a decent amount of macro. Are you gonna have fish?

I might, I feel like a fish could annoy the dusters too much. I'll look into culturing phyto too

AC1211 · Aug 25, 2020

MinnReef said:
Would it be dumb to have a nano dominated with differnt kinds of feather dusters, will NOT have coco worms. Just mainly Sabellastarte sp and Sabella sp. and I plan on feeding reff nutrition oyster feast, R.O.E, and phyto. Tank is a marineland 5G that I will do nearly 100% WC (hopefully the macroalgae will help with nutrients) once a week.

Do it. I am debating adding a few to my 60g but I am concerned my yellow coris wrasse will eat them.

Spare time · Aug 25, 2020

MinnReef said:
I might, I feel like a fish could annoy the dusters too much. I'll look into culturing phyto too

You could add a small fish. Something like a clown goby pair or a goby and pistol shrimp.

Fun fact, one of my clowns will host a feather duster I have lol