Maxima Clam died overnight

[trashman02]

I bought my first clam, acclimated to my tank, woke up next morning and bristle worm crawled out of clam shell when i turned on the light, will they eat clams if they're not dead? clam was completely gone except for shell. i have proper lighting and all water paramiters were correct. help, cause my wife won't let me spend the money on new clam until i figure out what killed the first.

 

[skinz78]

What are your water param's?
What fish and inverts do you have?
How did you acclimate it?
Did you buy it from a lfs or online?
If a lfs was it on the rocks and if so how did they remove it?

 

[skinz78]

Sorry I forgot, most bristle worms won't kill clams, they just clean up the remains. Although the great big bristle worms might pose a problem

 

[ROB2005]

You more than likely bought yourself a clam that was weak and in the beginning stage of leaving the mortal world

 

[cpony69]

It most likely was damaged when you bought it.

 

[Fuppets]

Was the clam shell real slimey? On another board we were on the subject of reef worms and someone mentioned that the type of worm in question was a clam killer. The guy said that he recienty lost a clam and that the shell was real slimey.

I can try to find that thread if you are interested.

Shawn