What's growing on my Clam

[mightyreefer]

i just got this little guy from my friend. He had a few people look at this little snail growing on the side and no one was able to ID it. Anyone know what it is and if it's a bad thing or good thing? This is my first Clam and I really hope it does well in it's new home so I don't want to stress it out further trying to remove this thing if I don't need to. U can see in the pics that the snail is releasing a slime that the mantle is pulling back from.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s133/Crisadams/60%20gallon/IMG_4731.jpg
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s133/Crisadams/60%20gallon/IMG_4732.jpg

Thanks for your help.

[mbbuna]

its a vermetid snail. its harmless

http://img317.imageshack.us/img317/7758/vermetidsnail6lv.jpg

[mightyreefer]

thank you very much. do you think this slime that it's letting out will bother the clam and/or affect it's overall happiness?

[mbbuna]

im sorry, i didn't notice that was your first post

[welcome]


the slime web it sends out is how it captures its food. it wont harm the clam in any way.

[mightyreefer]

No worries and thanks. I've been referring to posts and reading through forums for sometime now just never posted here. I think maybe I'll change the location of the clam so the current blows that slime web away from the clam instead of directly over his mantle. I had someone else tell me to hit him with a dose of Kalk and be done with him. I'm assuming you think I should leave him be?