what killed my scallop?

[d-man]

I got a scallop a few days ago and it was happy the yesterday it went back in its shell and so I thought that my water quality might not be as good as I thought (the tank is sorta new) so I did a test and my ammonia was at .10 and my ph was8.8 but I think the ammonia was from the scallop I was going to move it into my other tank because I saw some bristle worms looking at it and when I moved it it just ripped up and flowed out of the shell could the ph have killed it I fed pyto and my cal is 450

 

[d-man]

just in case any one needs the info, yes it was the bristleworm that killed my sallop I read that thay could be bad for molisks and then saw some attack the scallops in the lfs I told them what was going on and the moved the scallops but lost 3 out of 6 in a short time and got rid of the worms

 

[petjunkie]

Bristleworms didn't kill your scallops, they are harmless cleaners who often get blamed for doing their job, cleaning up dead stuff. What kind of scallop was this? If it's a new tank there might be too many flucuations for sensitive species or one of your levels may be off. What's your salinity at and how are you testing it?

 

[d-man]

I saw the bristlewrom sting the scallop in the lfs and read that they attack mollusks (pg224 of david alderton's encyclopedia of aquarium and pond fish)