Coco Worm left its tube. Plz help?

[zaitmi]

My Coco worm has just left its tube? its comes out and goes back in and its body is covered with sand.

Should i put it back inside the tube coz snails are passing on top of it?

Plz help.

here is the pic.

[E36328i]

Usually they will rebuild their tube out of some other material. Leave it be and it will be alright.

[iamarchitecture]

Whoa never seen that!

hope it ends up ok.

[Reef Frog]

The coco worm has a calcium hard tube and a loose worm will not rebuild this in the aquarium. I think post #2 is referring to feather duster worms. In both cases the worm escaped because something didn't suit it. They are hard to keep long term, usually perishing because they don't get enough food.

[zaitmi]

But i tried to remove just the tube, its still holding the small rock in which it is attached itself,...thought it will come out if i try a bit hard.

ok is it coco or feather duster?

[FLGirl]

I have the same worm and what I believe is a maroon and gold Hawaiin Feather Duster. The coco worm lost it's crown, the duster looking part, and i flipped out. I tried to remove the tube/casing and I felt the worm kind of flich (I guess you'd call it). I decided to leave it alone and see what would happen. about 1-2 weeks later it had regrown it's crown. the Hawaiin did the same thing but he took almost a month to regrow. Well, a month to show growth and about 3 to fully regrow. I thought for sure he was a goner, but he was still firmly attached to the rock as well when I tried to pull him out. I never actually separated them from their rocks, so I don't know if that will make a difference. They have both had their current crowns for about 4-5 months appx. and look beautiful.

I don't recall where, but on Reef Central I read an article about them pitching their feeding aparatus and regrowing a new one.

Hope this helps,
Olivia

[zaitmi]

Originally Posted by FLGirl

I have the same worm and what I believe is a maroon and gold Hawaiin Feather Duster. The coco worm lost it's crown, the duster looking part, and i flipped out. I tried to remove the tube/casing and I felt the worm kind of flich (I guess you'd call it). I decided to leave it alone and see what would happen. about 1-2 weeks later it had regrown it's crown. the Hawaiin did the same thing but he took almost a month to regrow. Well, a month to show growth and about 3 to fully regrow. I thought for sure he was a goner, but he was still firmly attached to the rock as well when I tried to pull him out. I never actually separated them from their rocks, so I don't know if that will make a difference. They have both had their current crowns for about 4-5 months appx. and look beautiful.

I don't recall where, but on Reef Central I read an article about them pitching their feeding aparatus and regrowing a new one.

Hope this helps,
Olivia

Thanks for the info...i will leave it just like that.....it might grow again.

[Mark9]

Bought a feather duster last weekend, it was attached to a rock.
Acclimated it, put it and the rock on a rock.
He was out for awhile, didn't think much about it.
Couple days go by, and I notice that he too has moved out of his tube and has imbedded himself into the rock.
Should I be alarmed?
The old tube is just sitting there. can I remove it or will he go back into it?
I'll try to get a picture up later.

[zaitmi]

u r hijacking my thread friend. i am wearing coral tie watch it.

[zaitmi]

tubeworm is back and settled in a new place in sand, he looks happy and a bit bigger now
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