Hermit on a dead featherduster?

[weberian]

Do hermits often clean feather duster tubes or does this mean it smells a dead worm? The hermit was doing this repetetive (back and forth) digging action against the tube of the worm. It's a blueleg hermit and a fully grown featherduster. I haven't seen the worm's crown or head in two days. It was squiming way out of the end of the tube right before that. I looked around the back of the tank in case it crawled all the way out, but no sign. One time I could see it squirming through the transluscent brown part of the tube, but I can't see anything moving right now. It just half-way grew it's crown back in 8 days, so I thought it was doing real good up until now.

 

[weberian]

Is the featherduster much better off in the refugium than in the main tank?

 

[weberian]

Well, I think this featherduster crawled right out of its tube and disappeared under the rock. Either that or it died and dissolved. It was quite a ways out and wiggling alot before this happended so I think it crawled out. I'll let everyone know if I see it again. When I didn't see it after a long time, I just poked and prodded the tube and it appeared empty, so I brought it near the surface and examined it - sure enough EMPTY.