Clam compatibility with angel?

[95accord]

Has anyone sucessfully kept a clam with a pygmy angel?


Im currently building a new 45gal cube which i will be adding a 250w MH. I like the flame angel and i like a few of the smaller clams.
Now i've read that the pygmy angels can sometime nick at the mantle of the clams and i was wondering how bad? bad enough not to try it or is it more along the lines of "take your chances and see".
Has anyone sucessfully done this?

 

[Patrick12]

Will likely be OK. It really just depends on the angel. I had 2 clams with an Emperor angel and she left them alone.....and they are 10 time more risky with tridacnids than pygmy angels.

 

[crvz]

I've had bad success with both dwarf angels I tried. Personally, I wouldnt do it again.

 

[a4twenty]

not recommended, as the fish matures there is a very good chance he will kill the clams, not to mention nip at both hard and soft corals.

 

[shabreeson]

i have had good results for over a year with my flame.

 

[Genetics]

It is hit or miss with the angel. Even if you get an angel that isn't picking at them upfront, doesn't mean that it will stay that way. I had a flame that picked in a 29g but in my 180g I have not had an issue to date.