Coco Worm Question? Did not know what forum it went in.

BlazinNano · Apr 12, 2009

My Coco worm is doing something funny. The top of the tube is white almost like it is new. Just noticed this the past couple of days. Will they/can they make their tube longer? I have never had a Coco Worm. I have had him for about 2 months now. I really don't know anyone with a Coco Worm either. Any help would be awesome. Also do they ever get more tops on them. Mine has 2 "heads/gills" wondering if they get more.

Elan · Apr 12, 2009

same here i would also like to know

SDguy · Apr 12, 2009

Yes...they grow/add to their tube, and the new tube will be bright white.

reefpeeper · Apr 12, 2009

SDguy said:
Yes...they grow/add to their tube, and the new tube will be bright white.

+1, but don't think they get more heads. mine has new growth right now also.

BlazinNano · Apr 12, 2009

then that is what it is. It is bright white where the rest of it's tube is brown/grey. Thanks. how do they breed. Is there a way to get more? Has anyone had/know of them breeding in aquariums?

amore169 · Apr 12, 2009

I have a Coco Worm but I have a question, I dont know if I am asking the right way but do they molt like shrimps or shedd their bodies, mine i taught i had lost it cause i saw the body floating in my tank and was left with just a little tiny body, now about a month after is the same way it was before, did it regrew is body? thanks.

ddr_phish · Apr 12, 2009

I'm not too sure about CoCo Worms, but I know featherdusters will sometimes shed off their "duster" and leave their casing behind and go somewhere else. I'm betting that CoCo Worms will do the same also.

BlazinNano · Apr 13, 2009

are you talking about the part that sticks out of the tube?

SDguy · Apr 13, 2009

I have personally never seen a tubeworm leave its tube and survive. Maybe it can, but I've never seen it. IME, once they are so stressed that they leave their tunbe, they die. :(

As for losing their crowns, yes, they can sometimes do this. IME they grow back.

revhtree · Apr 13, 2009

I actually have seen them leave a tube and create a new one. Could go either way I think.

Hypertek99 · Apr 14, 2009

They can survive without a tube and build a new one. Crabs or hermits will usually get to them first when they don't have a tube. They also sometimes lose their crowns when they are stressed but will grow a new one back. And they also build their tubes like corals grow bones you will need to have your calcium stable.