why would my feather duster pop his top

[ameno]

I have a feather duster that has been in the tank for about nine months, I also have another feather dust in the same tank. last night I noticed the feather had came off. does this mean he's dead or will he come back. what would cause him to do this? :notsure:

 

[arsen_36]

it's fine. they do this when spooked and stuff like that. it'll grow back in a couple weeks. if you see your hermits eating it then it's most likely dead...

 

[ameno]

ok good, I'll keep an eye on it, so far nobody is eating on it, it's just closed up. Thanks

 

[hoocbud2]

Mine pop it head last week. Last night there was a new one coming out. It is real small and spooked real easy. But I sure was happy to see it come out.

 

[hardcrab67]

I've been lucky, only the little ones do it now and again, I have a pretty white and red one but he wound up under a rock and my wife keeps telling me to dig him out and I won't do it, because I know he'll pop his top. I've done it once, w/ success and he's back under there, so thats where he wants to live I guess. Of course the drab brown one lives out in the open, thats par for the course

 

[my way]

I bought one a few weeks back and on the trip home it abandoned it's tube and it's feathers. I put him in the tank and a week later (after thinking it had died) I found him sporting a hew tube and top. Of coarse it's under the rocks and facing the back of the tank!