Heres the story so far. I bought a crocea about four weeks ago. I put it in the sand with a rock under it. It attached to the rock so I moved it up about six inches in the tank. It has been all bad since that point. I found it at the bottom of the tank with the rock barely attached to it. In the recent weeks it seems like the mantle has wilted around the edges and it doesn't seem as thick as it used to be (I'm not sure how to explain this better, its like it has flattened out). It barely extends and it doesn't respond much to light changes. I asked my lfs and they have been trying to help me out. I left friday at noon and got back last night. The clam was open, the mantle was retracted and it looked like it was detaching from the shell. This morning I picked it up and it is no longer attached to the rock (it had remained partially attached until now), and it had a hole in the bottom of it around the foot. It is barley responding to light changes now, and the mantle doesn't come past the shell. I went to the fish store today and one guy was telling me about bristle worms eating through the bottom of his clams. Last week I found a bristle worm hanging out in my star polyps. People told me he wasn't the bad type if he didn't have red on top of his head. So I put him back in the tank. I just found him halfway inside my clam. This leaves me with some questions
1. Was he eating my clam and killing it, or is he just doing his job and getting rid of dying things. The clam still slightly responds to light changes so maybe that's a little premature.
2. Should I dispose of this bristleworm if I ever want to keep a clam. (i hate killing things, but i'd rather the worm dies than my $60 clam)
Sorry for being so wordy, i went through and took out most of the nonessential parts.
So any advice or stories from experience would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
pH - 8.1
amonia -0
nitrite -0
nitrate ~ 15
calcium - 400
1. Was he eating my clam and killing it, or is he just doing his job and getting rid of dying things. The clam still slightly responds to light changes so maybe that's a little premature.
2. Should I dispose of this bristleworm if I ever want to keep a clam. (i hate killing things, but i'd rather the worm dies than my $60 clam)
Sorry for being so wordy, i went through and took out most of the nonessential parts.
So any advice or stories from experience would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
pH - 8.1
amonia -0
nitrite -0
nitrate ~ 15
calcium - 400
