Crocea Clam Attacked by Cleaner Shrimp

[sam1174]

I just bought my first Crocea clam. I put him in the tank, and within a minute my cleaner shrimp was on top of him and tearing at his flesh. Of course, I shooed the shrimp away, then I moved the clam to my other tank (which has no shrimp). I wasn't aware that the cleaner shrimp was a predator to clams, and I can't find anything on the internets about it. Has anyone heard of this before?

 

[thesus13]

This may sound silly, but was the cleaner shrimp really hungry? I got a peppermint shrimp (we were very careful to ID it correctly before purchasing), that started eating my shrooms almost immediately after I put it in the tank. Needless to say, the shrimp was returned.

 

[jenlovesty]

It may be that the clam is on its way out and the shrimp was doing his job a cleaning the dead tissue. Keep an eye on your clam.

 

[MikeP471612]

I have a cleaner shrimp with a crocea clam and I have had no problems.

 

[JJ21]

they were just doing their job, cleaning away dead tissue and parasites...i doubt they were doing any harm to your clam