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Old 05-09-2012, 10:31 PM
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Default Feather duster falling apart or dieing

Please help got home today and saw this don't know what to do it seems like the feather duster is falling apart
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Old 05-09-2012, 10:33 PM
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how new is your tank??
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Old 05-09-2012, 10:34 PM
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does he still come out?
Mine was like that from my emerald crab but he is fine now..
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Old 05-09-2012, 10:35 PM
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Tank is a month old ive had the feather duster for about 3 months in a smaller tank
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Old 05-09-2012, 10:36 PM
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And I don't know if it can come out its feathers are poking through the side
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Old 05-09-2012, 10:38 PM
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looks like a crab attack to me
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Old 05-09-2012, 10:42 PM
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It could b a crab attack but it's lived with the same crabs since before I had the setup.
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Old 05-09-2012, 10:42 PM
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Does any one know how to fix him or get his feathers to not poke through the side
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Old 05-09-2012, 10:46 PM
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Looks like crab to me too. Crabs can turn on things they have lived with for years when they get hungry.

Protect it with a strawberry basket and see if it comes out and starts to heal.
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Old 05-09-2012, 11:09 PM
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It try's to come out then gets tangled he's almost in half is there a way to patch it or trim it ?
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