coco worm question

[justthewife]

Does the back door hole on the coco worm serve a purpose for the worm since it regularly comes out the top hole?

 

[Nina51]

well, i don't know that it serves any purpose unless the coco worm wants to sneak out without his wife seeing him so he can visit that hussy feather duster on the other side of the tank.

but my guess is that since it's a tube, it just has a hole at each end.

 

[justthewife]

LOL, the reason for my asking is that my montepora is now encrusting the hole at the other end of him. So it is really a question of should I try to break him free or leave him? I don't think the whole worm is in danger of becoming completely encrusted, just the back hole part.

 

[justthewife]

never mind, I ended up breaking him free and moving him.

 

[Breadman03]

LOL, the reason for my asking is that my montepora is now encrusting the hole at the other end of him. So it is really a question of should I try to break him free or leave him? I don't think the whole worm is in danger of becoming completely encrusted, just the back hole part.

Nobody likes a crusty back hole. :jester:

 

[Nina51]

never mind, I ended up breaking him free and moving him.

that's what i woulda done.

i have a coco worm that came with zoas all over the tube. twice now, i have had to scrape them off because they get to where they are obscuring the entrance hole. i noticed yesterday, it's time to do that again. wish there was some way i could get rid of them permanently!

Nobody likes a crusty back hole. :jester:

that ^ belongs in the lounge!

 

[Betta132]

I used to have just a small feather-duster worm, and the back end of the tube would be closed off, it didn't seem like anything useful. I don't know if it's the same for coco worms, but it's what I've seen.

 

[Nina51]

coco worms are different, they have a very hard "shell" like tube. feather duster worm tubes are soft/squishy. if you tried to pinch a coco worm tube, it would break right off.

 

[johnike]

well, i don't know that it serves any purpose unless the coco worm wants to sneak out without his wife seeing him so he can visit that hussy feather duster on the other side of the tank.

OK, that there was funny.