can corals sting clams

[jakano]

hi all i was wondering if my hammer coral could sting my crocea i have them very close to one another.also i have a maxima that keeps diving off of my rock to the sandbed.does this mean it does not like where i want him to be and likes the sand better.

 

[AttackDonut]

From what I have read on clams (the giant clam book by daniel knop) clams are not harmed by stinging corals.

If you maxima jumps down, that's where he wants to be. Leave him on the sand bed.

 

[reef]

I disagree. I have definitely seen things sting the mantal of my clams. I have even seen aptaisia sting it.

 

[AttackDonut]

According to Daniel Knop, they can't be stung, in any case, I've never seen it, nor heard of it until now.

 

[reef]

I must have been dreaming. I was standing 1 foot away from the clams looking directly at them.

 

[onegreenray]

i have had zoos sting and destrot the mantle of one of my maximas in the past. so FWIW yes they can be stung.

 

[jda]

I think that it depends on coral. I have a teardrop nestled in some rics and zoos and the tissue touches constantly. I have another maxima near some SPS and I have to prune them back b/c the maxima won't extend when the mantle touches the branches.

It does not appear that they are stung, they are just seem irritated and don't extend.

I don't think that clams like anenomes at all. I would never let an anenome near a clam.

 

[reef]

I agree with JDA. I have had some things that just iritate the clams mantle others do not bother it at all. The times that I have seen the mantal stung it actually retracted rapidly in that one spot and stayed retracted for a half day or so with nothing touching it there again.

 

[Barry N.]

IMO & IME, depending what coral we are talking about, a clam can be stung and it will irritate the mantle and will slowly draw in.