Several clams lost in the past 2 months--culprit found

[Lunchbucket]

so does that mean my foxface should be a gonner??

my clam is WAY more open today as i have fed my foxface more. i was feeding minimal to have him eat other algae in the tank.

oppinions?

LUnchbucket

 

[Peabody]

I'm not qualified to answer that, I've just heard of those who have trouble with foxfaces nipping. Feed him well and keep a close watch....you might be OK.

 

[Lunchbucket]

anyone else??

i'm building an eggcrate cage for the clam for now

Lunchbucket

 

[Omar H]

The Foxface I had used to do that too. Note the referrence to past. The day I saw it nip at the mantle, was the day he got returned to the store, not a fun event since it was a least 5 inches long.

One of the unfortunate facts of this hobby is that we must make committments, mine was/is stronger to clams than to any other animal in my reef.

I got into SW keeping because of the flame angel, and into reefs bc of clams. But I wonÃ"šÃ‚´t keep both in the same tank (although some people have done it with success). My attention is now focused at the cleaner shrimp that I have, he goes too close for comfort sometimes to both my maximas but has not done anything to either.

Omar