2 feather dusters vanished over night

[bolton reefer 1]

hi there is there a predater that eats feather dusters iv had 2 in my tank for months i packed them in sand in a barnicle no problem the crowns were out every day. i got up this morning gone! even the sand was gone out the barnicle. iv got verious shrimps,crabs snails,starfish iv put in bristle worm trap but nothing any ideas?

 

[RicksReefs]

what kind of shrimps and crabs? many of them will munch dusters if given the chance.

 

[RicksReefs]

do you have any angels or butterflies?

 

[Jemhidiah]

Ive seen my brittle star rip feather dusters out of the sand and start munching. Had more than 20 that i could count, now I have none.

 

[shookbrad]

It is a good chance they just threw their fans. All three of mine did that suddenly. I thought they were dead also but after a week or so I started noticing new fans developing from the tubes.

 

[bolton reefer 1]

yes you are correct shookbrad on closer inspection now i can see small new fans growing thay both did that at the same time living in barnicles next to each other must have been a reaction to something