cleaner clam --never seen

dmschiff

Member
Last week I added 1 cleaner clam to the DT and 1 to the fuge. Within minutes they buried themselves in the sand and haven't surfaced since----not even their siphon tube. Is this normal? Should I try to find them?
 

dmschiff

Member
Excuse my paranoia, but I'm afraid that someday when it dies and I won't know . Can they cause dangerous ammonia spike? Do they ever show their siphon tube?
 

1journeyman

Active Member
You'll probably never see them at all. If one dies they typically surface where your clean up crew devour them.
 

sigmachris

Active Member
If you are lucky you will see him blow sand up clearing the way for his tube. Kind of like a whale when he surfaces. One time an unlucky hermit was over the tube during a blow and the hermit raised 6" off the sand bed.
 
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