Two feather dusters from 1 tube now seperated (my fault)?

[CuzzA]

So I picked up 2 feather dusters from LFS. While placing one (bright yellow) I set the other one ( maroon and yellow) in a hole in a rock for maybe 5 minutes. When I grabbed it I felt a tug and the tube was in hand and the worm remained in the rock. Naturally I was shocked and disappointed, figuring I just killed the guy. Lesson learned, place in sand.

I pulled the tube out of the water and it jerked. Of course now I was confused. I decided to stick the tube in the sand bed and see what happens. This all happened Saturday. Today I basted some flow on the feather duster in the rock and it retracted. Still alive! Great. Then I picked up the tube thinking okay, it's time to pitch it and again when I pulled it out of the water it jerked.

So do I now have two feather dusters from the same tube? If so, about how long until the one in the tube grows a crown? And finally, how do I feed the one in the tube if he has no crown and the top of the tube is closed shut?

 

[Calappidae]

Pics? Some fanworms have two crowns instead of one.

 

[Mael]

depending on how stressed it got feather dusters can discard their crown and then grow another one. I wasn't aware the old crown stayed alive without the worm but i guess its possible.

You can just try to target feed with some plankton and maybe some will go down the tube, but I think he will be fine until he pokes a new crown out.

The "naked" one in the rock, if it is alive still, can create a new tube for itself over time.