Ang&Pat Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 Over the course of a week one of my feather dusters tube started to turn transperant. Then today when I woke up it was completly missing on one side and the worm was hanging out by a few inches. He is still alive, retracts when touched. Is he trying to relocate? Should I do anything, or let him be? Thank you, Patrick Link to comment
Ang&Pat Posted June 8, 2005 Author Share Posted June 8, 2005 Well it decided to jump ship (leave its tube) and died. Any thoughts? The only thing we have lost in our tank is the 2 featherdusters. Corals (shrooms, zoos, leathers), fish (yellowtail damsels, twin spotted goby), and cleanup crew are all okay. Water parameters (NH4, NO2, NO3, Alk, Ca, SG) all okay. Temp 78 solid, 68 watts of pc lighting. Regards, Patrick Link to comment
DeeZeal Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 Maybe you are putting them in a bad spot? Is the flow to great? Not enough? Maybe they just don't like you Link to comment
gobygirl3 Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 They are starving.They need alot of floating microfoods to live a good long time.The tube is what they secrete from their skin when healthy, when starving they just dont have enought "juice" to make a tube anymore, sometimes they even drop their crowns.If you have an aquarium with fish that gets tons of frozen food daily, it can be enough floating goo to feed them otherwise you need to purchase the good microfood liquids like phytoplankton. Link to comment
Ang&Pat Posted June 20, 2005 Author Share Posted June 20, 2005 That was my thoughts. Although sad, its good to have an educated confirmation. Thanks Link to comment
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