my clam is being harrassed, what's next?

[werent_still]

i know that bristle worms can be a common problem associated with keeping clams and i was just wondering what i could do to prevent them from harming my clams... recently one of my clams has completely closed and this has led me to believe that he is being attacked by a bristle worm (that is perhaps within it now?)... i have had decent success with using arrow crabs to decrease the (at least surface bound) number of bristle worms present, any other suggestions?

thanks...

 

[AttackDonut]

In my experience, bristle worms, unless really huge, won't bother a clam unless it's not healthy.

Have you examined the clam carefully for other parasites, like pyramid snails?

I doubt anything got into the clam unless it's bored its way in. Check around the byssal thread(s) as well.

PS: Arrow crabs work great, but supposedly not more than 1 per tank, unless it's a really really big tank.

 

[werent_still]

thanks for the info... (he started to open up again today)... the reason i asked about the bristle worms is that i always find 2-3 under him whenever i lift him up to try and find out why he's randomly closed up...