CoCo Worm Shell

[juscool]

I have 2 feather duster tube worms. Their shells are short thus, they are popping out most of the time. But as for my white coco worm, its got a really long calcerous shaft..therefore it spends most of its time inside.

I'm tempted to carefully trim of the shaft to make it short, so as to make it easier for the coco worm to pop its head out.

Has anyone done this before. Is it hardful to the worm even if we take extra care not to nip the worm when we are trimming the shell?

[Panzz]

I would think it would be better to leave it alone so long as the worm is not stressed and I doubt it would be cos it created its own tube! anyway trimming may not be a problem but because it is calcium, if trimed too hard, I believe it would break pretty unevenly. so I would suggest you leave it alone...

[juscool]

I would think it would be better to leave it alone so long as the worm is not stressed ..

How can you tell if its stressed? It hasnt come out at all today...maybe I should move it else where...perhaps with less traffic from the fishes..and away from the light...maybe under a hanginf rock?

[Dazza]

hihi juscool... yeah i agree that u shdnt trim the coco worm's tube..... whether it comes out or not has gotntg to do with the length of the tube... if all other parameters are gd , it will come out by itself dont wori.

[juscool]

Thanks bro Panz and Dazza,

Yeah, it finally came out ofter lights out last night. SO I think its the fishes that were stressing the fella out. May try to relocate it where fish traffic is lower.

Is the sand bed a good bet?

[Dazza]

depends on yr tank mate... for mesandbed is no gd cos i black ckes , hermits n snails, keep disturbing ... i placed my wedged in between liverocks- look more natural n lesser disturbances