Feather duster out of tube

[tweety]

Ok so my lights went out and my 10g was dark from Friday night until this morning. I've got temp lights on them right now and they are twice as much light as I had before. ANYWAY.... I don't know if the lighting situation has anything to do with it but my feather duster is out of it's tube. It's stuck itself under a rock with it's feathers sticking out. Will it die? :( Should I leave it in the tank or take it out? It's only 10g so I really don't want anything to be dead in there for too long. :sick

[Reef69]

That happens when the water conditions arent good or something pulls them out. They grow a new tube if the right conditions are given. Light has nothing to do, since they are not depends on it to live, they are filter feeders..

[tweety]

Could not enough food be a reason? I really try to limit the amount of food I put in.

[Reef69]

What are you feeding it?

[tweety]

nothing. There is only one firefish in the tank right now so I only put in what the fish will eat. Just thought maybe there wasn't enough leftover stuff floating around.

[Reef69]

They dont eat what fish eat, they eat phytoplankton, they are filter feeders. You might want to buy some DT's. Hope this helps..

[MikeDeL]

PH could have been an issue too with the lights being off that long

[tweety]

He was out hiding under the rockwork til about 3 days ago when he crawled back into his old tube. Seems happy again. Just glad he didn't die.