do i need a six-lined?

[ReefEze]

Do i need a six-lined wrasse to control those parasites? I was thinking about getting one, but when i heard of how they devestated pod count, i dicided against it!

Do you need one? I dont know how many clams I'm gunna have yet...

TIA
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[MiNdErAsR]

Umm...what parasites? Pyramid snails? A six line might help...but IME they can be hit or miss, and they will actively hunt the *pods (cope/amphi, among other fauna) you want to keep. Manual removal is probably the best (and most tedious) method for control.

 

[ReefEze]

hehe, ok thanks. Im a self-proclamed clam newbie! (or just a normal newbie??)

thanks
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ps Your frags at atlantisaquatics are awsome!

 

[JT]

Manual removal is usually best, you don't *need* to keep a six-line or any other wrasse to have healthy clams. Here, we keep a Halichoeres melanurus (Wardley's wrasse) in each clam tank to help with parasite control. However, we deal with alot more clams than most hobbyists. Unfortunately, we recently lost one of the wrasses, he had his head taken off by a 9" T. maxima. We found the body and head sitting next to the clam one morning.. a truly sad event considering the wrasse was at least 5 years old in our systems and who knows how old overall.

- JT

 

[ReefEze]

whoa! Should I not get big clams? huh! what about my hand? :eek1: :eek1:



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[toptank]

Manual removal might be a problem if you have a large tank.

Barry

 

[MiNdErAsR]

Manual removal might be a problem if you have a large tank.

Barry

Which is why it's always a good idea to inspect new clam additions thoroughly BEFORE adding to your display tank. I made a syphoning tool using both soft & rigid airline tubing. Creating a syphon, feeding into a brine shrimp net over a bucket. This way I could return the water to the tank. Hunting at night I was able to eliminate all the snails within a week (iirc). PITA, but persistent vigilance paid off.

 

[saltwaterfishlover]

are these them bad snails?

are these them bad snails?

http://www.reefcentral.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=105225

are these pyramid snails? if so now I know why my 2 maxima's died

 

[ReefEze]

where would you see the parasitic snails?

TIA
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[MiNdErAsR]

 

[Will]

just curoius.. is the background to those pics an avacado? it sure looks like one!!
fourhand2

 

[MiNdErAsR]

It's an extreme close-up of the top of my desk. These snails are tiny!

 

[saltwaterfishlover]

Jim do the photo's in the post I linked to resemble them of being the shells are darker they are something else?

 

[MiNdErAsR]

Definitely different then the snails I've shown.

 

[ReefEze]

Where would those snails be on the clams? Sounds like clam keeping is gunna be harder then I thought...

TIA
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