Crocea Clams
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lion_crazz
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I really commend you for caring about where the clams are going (good home, right lights, etc. etc.)
If I was looking for a clam, I would be all over that green one. Gorgeous specimen!
If I was looking for a clam, I would be all over that green one. Gorgeous specimen!
candycane
Active Member
Originally Posted by schnutzzy
http:///forum/post/2639290
Do the hermit crabs, clean up crew eat the clams? I have wanted to put a couple under my 2x250's but I didn't know hermits would bother them. So any input would be helpfull. Thank you!!!!!
Unfortunetely, they will for at least the first part that a clam is in the tank. When I seperate them, they usually have to get their byssal threads cut. This turns into decaying matter until they place new byssal threads down. The hermits will sometime tip them up to pick at the threads and stress the clam out in the process.
With some of the clams that are smaller, hermits may attack them in general just due to their size. That's the reason I had to scoop up these little clams. When clams get older and are large enough to flip the hermits off, they will. Shrimp will do the same thing in some cases. I just don't like hermits in general because I have seen just about every kind of hermit on top of a clam mantle at some point.
I am hoping to start a thread in the clam forum about everything that a young clam needs and what to look for in a new clam within the next week or so. Even if someone buys a clam from someone or someplace else, they may be able to get some answers or somehow it might come in handy if they are wondering (for example) about what might be wrong with a clam, or after they get it home why is it laying on it's side, why won't it attach to rocks, etc. I am just working on gathering some pics right now.
Edit: If someone has hermits I usually just say to see what they might be able to get for store credit or start another tank, LOL. Then I usually recommend cerith snails because I have never had a problem with them; plus they aerate the sand bed. There are just so many tricks to them it isn't even funny. Like for instance if you have a blenny or goby, placing the young ones as far away from their cave as possible. But I am usually always around.
http:///forum/post/2639290
Do the hermit crabs, clean up crew eat the clams? I have wanted to put a couple under my 2x250's but I didn't know hermits would bother them. So any input would be helpfull. Thank you!!!!!
Unfortunetely, they will for at least the first part that a clam is in the tank. When I seperate them, they usually have to get their byssal threads cut. This turns into decaying matter until they place new byssal threads down. The hermits will sometime tip them up to pick at the threads and stress the clam out in the process.
With some of the clams that are smaller, hermits may attack them in general just due to their size. That's the reason I had to scoop up these little clams. When clams get older and are large enough to flip the hermits off, they will. Shrimp will do the same thing in some cases. I just don't like hermits in general because I have seen just about every kind of hermit on top of a clam mantle at some point.
I am hoping to start a thread in the clam forum about everything that a young clam needs and what to look for in a new clam within the next week or so. Even if someone buys a clam from someone or someplace else, they may be able to get some answers or somehow it might come in handy if they are wondering (for example) about what might be wrong with a clam, or after they get it home why is it laying on it's side, why won't it attach to rocks, etc. I am just working on gathering some pics right now.
Edit: If someone has hermits I usually just say to see what they might be able to get for store credit or start another tank, LOL. Then I usually recommend cerith snails because I have never had a problem with them; plus they aerate the sand bed. There are just so many tricks to them it isn't even funny. Like for instance if you have a blenny or goby, placing the young ones as far away from their cave as possible. But I am usually always around.
schnutzzy
Member
Thanks for the info candycane, I have very small hermits, but you said small clams, would you say stay away from clams or is there a certain size I could start with. They are beautifull and I would never want to hurt one just because they are available to all of us? I guess my question would be if I were to add a clam at least four inches would it be harrassed or would I be ok? If it would be harrassed I will wait. Thanks for your time.
candycane
Active Member
Originally Posted by schnutzzy
http:///forum/post/2639310
Thanks for the info candycane, I have very small hermits, but you said small clams, would you say stay away from clams or is there a certain size I could start with. They are beautifull and I would never want to hurt one just because they are available to all of us? I guess my question would be if I were to add a clam at least four inches would it be harrassed or would I be ok? If it would be harrassed I will wait. Thanks for your time.
It really depends on what kind of hermit on how bad they will be harrassed. But it is still fairly certain they will be. Hermits will just use their claws to lift up parts of the mantle to clean out under them even if they are 100% herbivores. This still irritates the clam.
http:///forum/post/2639310
Thanks for the info candycane, I have very small hermits, but you said small clams, would you say stay away from clams or is there a certain size I could start with. They are beautifull and I would never want to hurt one just because they are available to all of us? I guess my question would be if I were to add a clam at least four inches would it be harrassed or would I be ok? If it would be harrassed I will wait. Thanks for your time.
It really depends on what kind of hermit on how bad they will be harrassed. But it is still fairly certain they will be. Hermits will just use their claws to lift up parts of the mantle to clean out under them even if they are 100% herbivores. This still irritates the clam.
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markeo99
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I am really wantin one I have a few asterina stars I read in another post of yours there bad and I have a pep shrimp them are the only probs I might see
candycane
Active Member
Asterinas eat corals. But they will also crawl all over clams to the point where they begin to block out light (they do the same thing to corals). Really there is only two ways to get rif of them. A peppermint shrimp MIGHT eat them occasionaly, but Harlequin shrimp use them as a primary food source. A Harlequin shrimp should potentially wipe out an entire colony in about a week. Problem is that is ALL that they eat so the shrimp usually dies shortly afterwards.
The second way is to just try to continually remove them and keep up with their growth to get rid of them.
The second way is to just try to continually remove them and keep up with their growth to get rid of them.
