Feather Duster AWOL

[reeferJ]

Came home Saturday afternoon and found one of my large (3"+ crown) feather duster worms sticking about 4" out of his tube. Sunday I saw his crown laying by a rock, but can't see if the worm has left the tube or if he's just shed his crown. Why would he expose his "worm" part? All water parameters, corals, fish, inverts, other dusters, etc. doing great. Any ideas/info?

Thanks

 

[davelin315]

Sounds like he may have bitten the dust. When I had dusters, they would periodically shed their crowns, but the only time they came out of their tube was when they died.

 

[Nosmada]

My duster has also just "shed" his crown, but i havent seen him out of his tube at all. per the advice of my LFS i am leaving everything alone untill i notice the tube starting to decay.If that happens then most likely he has died. I have asked some other people who's dusters have lost there crowns multiple times just to have them grow back larger than before. IMO i would leave him untill you notice something to that effect.

hth,
chris