Spaghetti worm in exhalent siphon

[Phyto]

I just bought my first clam last weekend. It is a beautiful derasa.
I bought a little mouse feeder dish and filled it with fresh crushed coral to set him in. The next morning I noticed the unmistakable orange stringy tentacle of a spaghetti worm coming out of the exhalent siphon. The worm looked like he was scraping some detritus off a nearby rock. The clam does not appear to be too bothered by the worm. Is this something to worry about?

 

[mbbuna]

can you get a clear pic?

 

[Phyto]

I can sure try tonight. The bowfront glass makes a distortion. I'll turn off the powerheads and try from the top down. I don't have anything, with an undistrorted bottom, to break the surface reflection. I will give it a try tonight and post them in the am.

 

[Paul B]

They are beneficail. I have thousands of them.
Paul

 

[Phyto]

They are great for detritus recycling. I do appreciate their services. I just didn't know if my clams sensitive, internal organs and tissues would appreciate the possible irritation. I am pretty sure Tridacnas and spaghetti worms don't have a symbiotic relationship. I belive there is a shrimp that can live within the Tridacnas.

 

[mbbuna]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7600736#post7600736 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Phyto
They are great for detritus recycling. I do appreciate their services. I just didn't know if my clams sensitive, internal organs and tissues would appreciate the possible irritation. I am pretty sure Tridacnas and spaghetti worms don't have a symbiotic relationship. I belive there is a shrimp that can live within the Tridacnas.

thats why i want to see a pic

there are shrimp and crabs that will live in clams, but for me this sounds like a first!