Tube worm - Feather Duster Question

You only have one worm in the tube. They will get dual crowns when the
crowns mature....

If the tube is hard, its a coco worm, if not its not a hard tube coco
worm, Hard tubed worms are coco, soft tubes are not.m Not saying the
"baby" is not a product, of big barry, but the small tiny feather
dusters are very common in live rock, and they take qiite a bit to
kill em off. They even withshatnd substantially high ammonia and
nitrite levels and come out just fine. However they are destined to be
small worms all their lives.

Tube worms send out eggs for propagation........What I would say you
have is a typical small tube worm that happens to be next to a larger
type worm who is now sporting a new mature crown since its a double
crown....

On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:09:45 +0000, Gill Passman
wrote:

I have a brown/white Feather Duster in my tank (name of Barry).....I
guess technically it would be a cocoa tube worm.....anyhows....Barry
seemed to gain a little Barry next to him a couple of months ago - I
suspected but never got to prove the point as I had an issue with some
dying corals that wiped out baby Barry, my Cleaner shrimps and a few
other corals on the way - Barry lost his crown but eventually came out
again and is now back to his full glory - so all resolved now happily.....

Right now I've been watching Barry.....his crown has seemed to be
becoming two seperate crowns out of the same tube....tonight it is very
distinct that there are now "two mouths" - has Barry divided himself
somehow? Will I end up with two FD's? and how does it work if I have now
got the two with them being in the same tube?

TIA

Gill



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