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Hi guys,

i bought a feather duster on sat. and it open quite nicely but some how when i switch on the lights this morning, it's gone.

I place it near the sand bed and now it's gone. i wonder if it's being eaten up? i got the follwoing in my tank

1x maroon clown

1x damsel

1x algae blenny

3x turbo snails

1x coral shrimp(those with 2 long pincers)

can anyone advice me?

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Hi Calvin, no CSI :huh: but I have a few suggestions as to what might have happened. Featherduster worms secrete their own tube to live in, and have the tendency to abandon home when threatened, they often bury themselves in the sand and will re-appear to feed some time later...these fellows don't own a tube no more and are prone to attacks (though rare) by your boxer shrimp. If they are still alive and in the tube (can feel with your fingers), that means they merely dropped the feeding appendages(the feather) and will re-grow in time, dead worms are often found hanging limp out of their tubes. :unsure:

Hope that helps! :D

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Hi Calvin, no CSI :huh: but I have a few suggestions as to what might have happened. Featherduster worms secrete their own tube to live in, and have the tendency to abandon home when threatened, they often bury themselves in the sand and will re-appear to feed some time later...these fellows don't own a tube no more and are prone to attacks (though rare) by your boxer shrimp. If they are still alive and in the tube (can feel with your fingers), that means they merely dropped the feeding appendages(the feather) and will re-grow in time, dead worms are often found hanging limp out of their tubes. :unsure:

Hope that helps! :D

learnt somethign new :) does this apply to coco worms too? they've got tubes too

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Coco worms and fan worms are actually all tube building polychaetes, while fan worms make soft tubes of sand and mucous, Coco worms, like Christmas tree worms secrete calcareous tubes. The same applies to Coco worms, once they drop the feathery head, don't dump the tube if you can see the operculum(red plug thingy), they are still alive and will re-grow in two to three weeks. I always put them in the sump or refugium for re-grow. :lol:

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Hi Calvin, no CSI :huh: but I have a few suggestions as to what might have happened. Featherduster worms secrete their own tube to live in, and have the tendency to abandon home when threatened, they often bury themselves in the sand and will re-appear to feed some time later...these fellows don't own a tube no more and are prone to attacks (though rare) by your boxer shrimp. If they are still alive and in the tube (can feel with your fingers), that means they merely dropped the feeding appendages(the feather) and will re-grow in time, dead worms are often found hanging limp out of their tubes. :unsure:

Hope that helps! :D

the problem is the whole tube is gone?

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If the whole tube is gone and your shrimp looks pink and healthy, it could have been eaten :( However, featherduster worms can still live without the tube which they abandon and can still bury themselves "######" in the sand. The tube could have been eaten but till the body is found.... :huh: just to raise hopes a little

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