verojeremy
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OK I fed the tank all ate and now about 2 hours after hes picking at the clam again and you can see like this liquid/juice thing that comes out. I think it's like juice from like the meat am I right?
Help with wrasses
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verojeremy
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Please can anyone help me find out the problem I will go take a pic of the clam so maybe if you guys see something.
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This is a right shot of the clam that was being picked on it opened more hasent bitten in at lest 20-30 minutes.
Middle picture of the same clam and the wrasse.
Left shot of the same clam. I will also do more pictures of my tank in a little while like 5-10 minutes.
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Picture of my Tricanda Hippopus.
My derasa clam nuclear green something( I forget) and toadstool muchroom frag and in top right BTA.
Left side of tank
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Right side of tank and mid left my neon yellow candy cane coral frag
verojeremy
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OK so he bit at it again and I took the picture shortly after:
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So now I am thinking of getting rid of him which I tried before but couldnt get him is there any easy way to get him, I don' hand feed him and he is really fast. Also I dont know where he goes under the sand at night.
btldreef
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My first thought was the same as Nova's, pyramidal snails. However, you've had these clams for awhile, so I really don't think that's it at all, especially since the wrasse is nipping at the mantle of the clam. What's odd is that the wrasse isn't nipping at all of your clams. I'd keep an eye on the clams. He may just be eating pods off the clams shell, etc. It doesn't seem like the clams mantle is damaged much by this little nipping he's doing, but it's worth monitoring.
They can be known to aggravate ornamental shrimp and small crustaceans, so it's not out of the realm of possibility, that the wrasse is simply nipping at these clams because he can. It's one of the issues with these wrasses, they're considered "reef safe, with caution," which basically means, put them in your tank at your own risk. No one really knows what they might do. Some behave, some destroy, some are aggressive towards other fish, so much so that some have been seen pecking the eyes out of other fish, while others are model citizens of the tank. Unfortunately, there's really no way to know until it's too late. Heck, I had a clownfish that ate coral on me, so anything is possible.
He's not going to be easy to catch, and your best bet really is to find where he's burrowing in the sand at night. When I bought my leopard wrasse off of a fellow reef hobbyist, his method for catching him seemed to work:
They're also sand burrowers at night. He turned all the lights off for a few hours before I came to pick up the wrasse. When I go there, he fed the tank, and popped the lights on. The wrasse immediately came out for food because he hadn't fed the tank in 3 days, prepping for this. As soon as the wrasse came out, he scooped him out with a net.
They can be known to aggravate ornamental shrimp and small crustaceans, so it's not out of the realm of possibility, that the wrasse is simply nipping at these clams because he can. It's one of the issues with these wrasses, they're considered "reef safe, with caution," which basically means, put them in your tank at your own risk. No one really knows what they might do. Some behave, some destroy, some are aggressive towards other fish, so much so that some have been seen pecking the eyes out of other fish, while others are model citizens of the tank. Unfortunately, there's really no way to know until it's too late. Heck, I had a clownfish that ate coral on me, so anything is possible.
He's not going to be easy to catch, and your best bet really is to find where he's burrowing in the sand at night. When I bought my leopard wrasse off of a fellow reef hobbyist, his method for catching him seemed to work:
They're also sand burrowers at night. He turned all the lights off for a few hours before I came to pick up the wrasse. When I go there, he fed the tank, and popped the lights on. The wrasse immediately came out for food because he hadn't fed the tank in 3 days, prepping for this. As soon as the wrasse came out, he scooped him out with a net.
verojeremy
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My mom said she will buy the reef gently acclimate pro for me so if I see it continuing he will go.
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If I get rid of my melanurus wrasse could i replace him with two purple firefish?
verojeremy
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Do you think the mystery wrasse would pick on them?
verojeremy
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OK my mom wouldnt buy it for me she thought it was a waste of money and she wouldnt let me buy it so I did the 2 liter bottle thing and added pellets in it and the yellow tang got stuck in it and I got him out. Is there any other way. OH also my lfs said that I could put one of my clams in a net and if he tries to get to it just get him with the net do you guys think it will work?
verojeremy
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My dad tells me just to sock the tank just like scientists do to count the number of fish in a lake.
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Oh also I tried the net and clam thing and it didnt work so basically I have to count out everything that has to do with nets.
So please I am open to any suggestions.
So please I am open to any suggestions.