My feather duster left its tube!!

[dstalte]

Today my brown and white (hawiaan I think) feather duster left its tube and is in my rocks. I had him for 2 months and he was fine. Does anyone know if thats OK??

 

[jacksonimaging]

Sometimes they leave there tube because the water flow, lighting, or something isn't to their liking. They can rebuild their tube in a few hours. Don't try to put it back in its tube, you can hurt the worm.

 

[scouncil]

I've had this happen and I never seem to see them again? Do the fish eat them? Does my purple lobster eat them (he's been suspected of eating some other things.....?

 

[NanoReefWanabe]

did the head (feathers) fall off? or did the whole worm migrate out of the tube?

if the head fell of then i am pretty sure it is a stress issue and though i think they can regrow, i am certain they almost always die after this..

 

[dstalte]

I think the whole worm went out because I tried to grab it and it pulled away and hid under a rock. I picked up the tube and moved it and there was another head in their. But that haed has never shown itself in the past 3 days.

 

[dstalte]

Could my lawnmower blenie be responsible? He was nipping at the featers now and then..