My feather duster died?

[uscstaylor]

Hey guys
I have 4 feather dusters in my tank and I had 2 of them that we're attached together die last night. Their feather type tentacles were broken off and floating at the bottom of the tank. Now the 2 other feather dusters are doing fine, so my question to all the experts out there is why? Why did these 2 die and my other 2 are doing fine. All of my water perimeters are good and I clean my tank every 5-7 days with 10% water change. I'm going to get another one. Do they shed or leave their cocoon type shell. Any info or advice you can give would be appreciated.

 

[Steelersfan]

It sounds like your Feather Dusters may have lost their crown. With time, they should grow new crowns.

 

[uscstaylor]

So they weren't dead! They didn't come out of their tube in like 2 days. And when I collected up their tubes it seemed like they were out of their tubes in the rock. They didn't move when I picked them up off the rock. How long does it take for them to grow new crowns?

 

[SantaMonica Verified Sponsor]

Yea like some people they just loose their head when stressed :O

 

[Mike J.]

When a featherduster comes out of it's tube it's dead. I presume you're talking about Serpulid (hard tube) fan worms. Or are you talking about Sabellid (soft tube) fan worms?

 

[uscstaylor]

soft tube worms