What fish have you had nip clams?

[npaden]

I've had several neon gobies and 1 kole tang nip at my clams over the years. The neon gobies seem to pick at the the white spots on the clams like derasa and squamosa. The kole wasn't that choosy, it picked at them all.

FWIW, Nathan

 

[fishieness]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6413320#post6413320 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by knumbnutz
Quick question.
The LFS keeps a Coral Beauty Angel and a Flame Angel in with their clams. {clams in tank are t. maxima, t. crocea, and t. deresa} Do you think one could successfully keep these same fish {Coral Beauty Angel and a Flame Angel} in another tank with similar clams, or is this clever trickery of LFS? LFS guy keeps pushing these, but I refuse because I love my calms and do not trust these fish. Any thoughts?

with dwarf angels, it is a hit or miss if they are reef safe. some will nip, others wont.

 

[newb]

i HAD a bicolor blennie that would sneak up on a 2" clam i HAD and grab its mantle then toss it across the tank. that was about a year ago boath gone now.

 

[SINNERMF]

I had an Atlantic Pygmy (Cherub Angel) nip all of my clams and force them to stay closed till I got him out.

 

[TXLewis]

Neon goby no longer nipping at Deresa. Or anything for that matter. Haven't seen it in two weeks. Assuming it is mantis food.

 

[JIM260]

Hippo! ( Regal Blue Tang). Caught him the other day on my Derasa. And it wasnt a nip. It was a violent "bite". I then looked closer and the clams fringe edges are all roughed up. Hes been doing it for a while.

The clam was on the sand in an open area of calmer water where the fish like to hang out. I moved him up onto a rock bommie in a little higher flow area where the fish dont "Loiter" and its seems to have corrected the problem. The clam is openning fully again. Hasnt bothered my Crocea which is up high on the rock in an out of the way place.

Have also stepped up feeding and am keeping grazing food items in the tank through out the day such as nori on a clip and cheato from my fuge.

 

[CCTVReef]

My guilty party is a Chevron tang. I caught him red handed so to speak. I noticed mantle damage in one spot & immediately suspected the Coral Beauty. I could never catch the guilty party in the act so I set up a CCTV camera and a motion based digital video recorder (see my avatar). The Chevron would just HAMMER the clam over and over and over again! Dirty rotten scoundrel...my favorite fish too. I fashioned a plastic "cage" to put over the top of the clam. A dishwasher accessory actually. I cut out as many sections as I could to let the maximum amount of light through but small enough to keep the tang out. I placed this over the top of the clam and monitored the video. The Chevron contuinued to nip at the cage for awhile but eventually stopped. The cage stayed over the clam for about a month (until the Chevron stopped nipping) before I removed it. The Chevron has not bothered the clam since. Seems the fish got into a bad habit & I just had to break it of the habit.

 

[davidcalgary29]

Queen angel. Definitely not reef safe, but I was hoping that it'd spare me the trouble of having to put my maxima under protective plastic for a few months (before I found the clam a new home).