My feather duster hasn't shown its crown! Is it dead?

[D-Rod]

My feather duster hasn't shown its crown! Is it dead?
It was fine for the past couple of months and now it hasn't come out for the past 3 days.

 

[D-Rod]

bump...

 

[romunov]

Wait and see. And while you do that, here is some reading for you:

Featherless Duster Worms and Lamp Shells

Sedentary polychaete worms

Christmas Tree Worms

Filter-Feeding Food, Featherdusters, And Phytoplankton

 

[turnburn]

They have been known to pop their crowns, you didn't happen to see one floating around your tank did you? If that's the case it will grow it back.

 

[Lpabsolute]

It could be changing crowns as they tend to do from time to time. Give it more time..........

 

[D-Rod]

I didn't see it's crown anywhere in the tank, the tube is still there attached in the rock.

 

[romunov]

Throwing the crown off means the animal is under stress. Most often due to lack of appropriate foods.

 

[Scoobydude825]

Mine threw off his crown and I almost didn't notice it behind a rock. But sure enough after 2 weeks he statred popping back out again. His crown is small now but he is very much alive.

 

[Lorretto]

I had my feather duster for about 3 months and then it decided to throw it's crown and. A week later it came out of it's tube and went for a little hike around the tank. He got lost while traveling around the sand bed. Couple days later there was no sign of him.
I believe he was murdered by the Big claw gang.

 

[D-Rod]

I saw him late last night ! I turned on the room lights and he only was out only a 1/2 inch but he is still there.

For a time I thought maybe the peppermint duo had done him in.

 

[Scoobydude825]

I'm really surprised at how fast his crown has been growing the last couple of days. It's about half of his normal size already and it's only been about a week since he popped out to say hello with almost no crown.

 

[OrangeKoi]

I just read something that said they need to be fed from below the crown. Like with dt's.