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enigma32
06/09/2006, 11:29 PM
Hello all,

My beautiful fan worm recently crawled out of its tube and sat in the corner for a few days... still alive... and looked like it had two plumes...
I was away for a day, during which time it apparently started to disintegrate down the middle...

When I returned I could see two plumes behind some of my liverock, but that's all I could see...

Within a few days, the plumes were obviously dead/detached...
I never found the worms though.


Tank inhabitants: A. ocellaris, hermit crab, turbo snail, LTA
The anemone was recently added and may have touched one of the plumes.


Any ideas why I can't find the worms themselves?
Thanks!

-matt

LeslieH
06/10/2006, 11:56 AM
A) it's dead & been eaten or B) it's hiding while it regrows the crown & tube.