His head will grow back, right?

[dburr]

It's so weird. My Tube worms feathers- all of them, came off. They're still all connected about 6" away from the tube. This is o.k., right?
so weird.

 

[artskoi]

I have found that ifjust the feather comes out it may be due to stress and the feather grows back.You can check to see if worm is still alive by touching tube.You can fell it contract.If the worm comes out with the feather it will not come back.Feather takes about 3 weks to start coming back out.

 

[dburr]

I see him in there, but don't feel him moving. He o.k.?

 

[big dave]

What you are witnessing is the feather dusters attempt at breeding. Dusters lose their feathers to prevent themselves from eating their own eggs. The eggs dont survive in a tank because theyre planktonic and are killed by filters, skimmers, and water pumps. This happened to me several times and read after being startled when the first one did this that this is a sign of breeding.

 

[artskoi]

They don't have to be breeding because they also lose feathers under stress.Wait two to three weeks to see if starts to come back out.Also watch for the tube to degrade.If it does that is not a good side.In my experience.