Fishie March 23, 2012 March 23, 2012 I came home and saw the feather duster with its top half of of the shell torn off...so I thought maybe the wrasse went for it...anyways...I relocated both pieces to the the sump...and then noticed that the entire fan worm was outside hurried near the sand...I moved it quickly to the sump ...but will it grow a new shell or will it die... It's fully open ATM ...but cannot retract anymore since its cover is gone.
Jan March 23, 2012 March 23, 2012 It needs it's shell. stick it back in the tube. It will grow another feather head. It may have bee the wrasse or sometimes they just pop out of their tube. I don't know why they bail, but they do. I came home and saw the feather duster with its top half of of the shell torn off...so I thought maybe the wrasse went for it...anyways...I relocated both pieces to the the sump...and then noticed that the entire fan worm was outside hurried near the sand...I moved it quickly to the sump ...but will it grow a new shell or will it die... It's fully open ATM ...but cannot retract anymore since its cover is gone.
Coral Hind March 23, 2012 March 23, 2012 It will grow a new shell. I have had them completely out of the tube and they just hide under rocks or in the sand until the grow the new tube. What wrasse do you have?
Fishie March 23, 2012 Author March 23, 2012 Melanarus...although I didn't catch him in the act...I figured he was more likely the culprit
treesprite March 23, 2012 March 23, 2012 Having had a bazillion feather dusters pulling and scraping them from rocks only to have them come back.... they will re-grow the tubes.
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