is there anything in a reef tank that would eat a clam

[teena]

i had a blue crocea clam in my 75g for about 3 weeks one night its fine the next morning its all the way in the shell the back of it looked opened & it had a hole in it,

 

[Sk8r]

SOme angels and butterflies will bother it; pyramid snails will: they're very, very tiny, mostly observed in the harm they do. Bad water quality, esp very high alk, is a problem for them.

 

[teena]

i have alot of corals in there evey thing looks good, i do see some of those small snails on the glass. it just looks like i would of seen it going down hill befor that,

 

[Sk8r]

You would think so. And the snails would move toward the clam with enough speed to be in there pretty fast. My own thought would be water quality, maybe something like not the level of alk, but the change itself, if there was a change. Also---have you got any leather coral or other chemical-fighter upstream of it in your tank? A mad leather can do damage.

 

[teena]

 

[teena]

thats what it looked like two days ago

 

[ezcompany]

triggers, angels, butterflies, tangs, large hermits, some cleaner shrimps, pyramid snails

 

[teena]

i have a scopas tang , coral banded shrimp, 2 engineer gobys,

 

[mbbuna]

its going to be tuff to figure out what did it. there are a bunch of snails that could have, a few types of bristleworms and a few flatworms to could suck the shell clean over night. also the clam may not have been in very good health when you got it. very hard to say how it died

 

[hpasternak]

I had a 12 inch bristleworm in my tank I never knew about until I saw him at 3:00am eating my clam.

Don't we all look at our tanks at 3:00am.

Harvey

 

[teena]

well how do you no rather or not to even put a clam in your tank if things like that are under the sand & you dont even know it, do they climb LR?

 

[prugs]

That clam of yours looks to be pretty small. Tell us about your lighting setup.
Once a clam expires, the clean up crew will be on it in no time.

 

[acrodave]

big hichhicker crabs can be a problem

 

[kram0326]

Tell me about it. I have 3 clams, and just bought a 4th small crocea. I had him for one day, that night I came down and there were two HUGE bristle worms all over him. The next morning there was nothing left of the clam but slime from the bristle worms!! BE CAREFUL!!!

 

[john76]

check my gallery for a pic of a flatworm... nasty bugger. May have been responsible for many many snails and a few of my clams. I didn't find it till I broke down the system right before I moved.

 

[tibbs2]

Anyone had issues with peppermint shrimps or emerald crabs?

 

[teetimefun]

I have had a clam as one of my first inhabitants. I have a porcelain crab, emerald crab, peppermint shrimp, fire shrimp, skunk cleaner shrimp, and many fish. The only issue I have had with reef inhabitants picking at my clam was a lemonpeel angel.

 

[johnnydoe]

my goby has been picking on my clam . and clam has been closed , so i put a top of a coke bottle on it untill i get the goby out . now with the bottle on it its wide open .

 

[ROB2005]

Keep in mind as well those same white snails that you may see on your glass at night may also be rissoid snails (harmless ones) they do bear a striking resemblance to pyramid snails.

 

[prugs]

I just lost my beautiful gold maxima!
The shell was stripped clean overnite. I found the culprit last nite but was unsuccessful getting him out.
A hitchhiker crab the size of a half dollar.
I'll be trying again tonight