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    Default Feather duster putting out white stuff

    :blink The duster has been putting out this white cloudy water from the center of it for at least 30min.. Is it just going to the bathroom or do i need to take it out of the tank????????

    Thanks
    Dan

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    djmc7300 Guest

    Default RE: Feather duster putting out white stuff

    well, i know, if it's a green cloudy stuff, it dead. smells nasty too. i dunno about the white tho, sorry.

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    CD Guest

    Default RE: Feather duster putting out white stuff

    Maybe it's just spitting out the sediment from the food it has been trying to catch? We've had a big Hawaiian FD for about a year now, and I've never seen ours do that. Can't say for sure. :unsure

    Wendy

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    alexwolf Guest

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    i had some anemone's do that earlier this week. Looks like milk. They are all ok though, so i would keep an eye on it.

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    Reef69 Guest

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    bigdscobra..does it look like "smoke"??

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    Default RE: Feather duster putting out white stuff

    yes it looks like smoke
    he has stoped for now.
    werid

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    Reef69 Guest

    Default RE: Feather duster putting out white stuff

    I have a featherduster, does the same from time to time, always thought he was trying to mate.

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    Default RE: Feather duster putting out white stuff

    It is probably releasing sperm into the water column. It has to release a lot into the water column to ensure that there will be enough to fertilize any eggs nearby. If you have corals or invertabrates doing this, that means you are keeping them very happy. Take some pictures of the event if you get the chance (my digital camera has a "movie" mode on it that allows me to take short digital movies).
    135 gallon reef and 29 gallon mini-reef.

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    Default RE: Feather duster putting out white stuff

    Well it stopped that day after a hour of doing it so I didn't get a chace to take a pic thats weird cause out of the four that i have HE is the only one that has done that... I think your right that he was trying to mate I will let you know if i have any little feather dusters running aroung :lol

    Thanks for your help
    Dan

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