Help: Do triggers eat clams?

[kouma]

Hi I just added two clams to my tank and as soon as my trigger (orange-lined) saw one he started nipping at it..is it just being curious or do trigger eat clams..

 

[pbnj]

You've just provided a very expensive meal for your Trigger.

 

[kouma]

so they do eat it?

 

[pbnj]

Yes, with the exception of perhaps a Blue-Throat Trigger.

 

[kouma]

Okay I moved the clams to a safe place.. I am going to fish the trigger and put him in the sump. Upon inspecting the clams, the was that was being bothered by the trigger had a small part of it eaten at one of the corners does this heal?

 

[nanomantis]

Originally Posted by kouma
http:///forum/post/2971885
Hi I just added two clams to my tank and as soon as my trigger (orange-lined) saw one he started nipping at it..is it just being curious or do trigger eat clams..
Well if he started chewing on it immediently...

 

[salt life]

Originally Posted by NanoMantis
http:///forum/post/2972692
Well if he started chewing on it immediently...

LOL, I like your answer.

 

[kouma]

that devil is in my sump now..never again is he going to any of my DTs. I have lost way too many fish, inverts, and now clams to him..
So would the clam recover from a bite?

 

[hlcroghan]

Originally Posted by kouma
http:///forum/post/2977406
that devil is in my sump now..never again is he going to any of my DTs. I have lost way too many fish, inverts, and now clams to him..
So would the clam recover from a bite?
Yes it may take time, but it should heal.

 

[jwbarrios]

why dont you get (make) like a plastic grate or something to protect the clams so yo have the best of both worlds?