Feather duster lost his crown

[Xxzsdrklakdfj]

I just bought a feather duster and introduced him into an established tank. The day after i added the feather duster to the tank i noticed the crown floating on the bottom of the tank. Several days later i was trying to determine if the worm was still alive and noticed that now the tube is starting to become attached to the rockwork that it is touching and i did feel the worm inside the tube move when i touched it. Could the stress of transportation from the store and new surroundings be the cause of the featherduster dropping it's feathers. Also how does the worm eat to have enough strength to grow another one? how long will it take before i see this new crown emerge from the tube because i'd imagine the worm has no reason to poke it's head out without it's feeding feathers? It really looked cool sucks i only got to see it for a day : ( thanks in advance!!!

-Matt

 

[hawkey992]

I'm not sure, but I seem to recall reading that loss of the crown is a response to high stress or poor conditions, I'm not sure how long it will last or if the tube will be regrown

 

[lloydkeller]

it will be regrown in time

 

[ROB2005]

Just watch and make sure its not stressed out any further, or it may end leaving its tube in a quest to create another, hopefully not catching they eye of any hermits you may have in there, because they can be quite vulnerable when they are out of their protective tube.

 

[Xxzsdrklakdfj]

could the hermit crabs have caused the stress to begin with? i never noticed anything bother the feather duster. I'm thinking it was the transportation and introduction to the new tank. Roughly how long will it take for the worm to re show itself because tucked away in it's tube i have no idea how it's doing, dead or alive. I was thinking that since it is attached to the rockwork now it's still alive though but that's really all i have to go on. thanks for all the help.

-Matt