feather duster worms
 

whats does it mean when they spit there feathers off and how long till they will grow back

Re: feather duster worms
 

usually some sort of stress and they may or may not grow back.. mine never did so I can't tell you how long.

Steve

Mine spit a week before xmas, and poped back out a couple of days ago.
It spat a 2" duster, and came out 1".

I've been told that sometimes they do that prior to releasing sperm/eggs. Leave the tube in because mine grew back a week later (smaller but now it is almost the same original size again).

www.sjwilson.net/reef she has/had hawaiian and carribean feathure duscters that regularily shed their crowns and grew back. Its a mating thing.

well i havent seen my worm for a good 3 weeks+ and i have seen a pod at the entrance to his tube a couple pf times.is there any chance he is still alive?