My new clam has crabs!

[3djedi]

Hey, just put a new clam in my tank and about 6 of my blueleg and red hermit crabs made a bee line straight to him and are crawling all over him. Is it likely they will try and eat him? His about 6 inches.....

[Orin]

They love new rocks, they're just checking it out. They'll only eat him if he's dead.

[gtaylor67]

I think they are just gonna give him a little bit of a cleaning...

[3djedi]

Seems like they are going up to the fleshy part and trying it out!

[a4twenty]

if they're going after the flesh, then the clam is not well and will need protection and TLC to recover. though it is very common for the CUC to come over and scour new clams shells for new tasty foods.

[moliken]

use the drilled soda bottle trick for protection, but if crabs have nibbled already, the clam might be too far gone

[KarmaChameleon]

They usually won't go after a healthy clam. Hope yours is doing okay :/.

[3djedi]

The clam is doing great! After the first day they all left him alone. I guess they were just checking the new guy. Thanks to all for responding!

[Korrine]

Glad to hear it's doing well. Have any photos?

[3djedi]

sure. I'm not exactly sure what kind of clam it is! I think it's a Dersa. I bought it at a LFS for $60 and it is already quite big..... Also, how do you add a photo without it being a thumbnail?

[moliken]

it is a derasa. what kinda light u have? usually 1 clam is not enough.lol

[Korrine]

wow neat. Thank you for posting. What is the green to the left of it?

[Dooly]

it is a derasa. what kinda light u have? usually 1 clam is not enough.lol

lol, amen to that! :spin3:

[3djedi]

wow neat. Thank you for posting. What is the green to the left of it?

That's a hammerhead coral.

[3djedi]

it is a derasa. what kinda light u have? usually 1 clam is not enough.lol

haha...yeah, your right! I've already been looking for others.
As far as lighting it's a 75g with 2-150MH and 4-48" T5HO. It's around 500w total.

[moliken]

youre good for any type of tridacna. do yr research. and QT or pay the price!!! eventually!!

[3djedi]

youre good for any type of tridacna. do yr research. and QT or pay the price!!! eventually!!

Wow! You have 14 clams! Care to post any pics?

[moliken]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/shusuiutsuri/CLAMS/DSCN4507.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/shusuiutsuri/CLAMS/teardrop-2.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/shusuiutsuri/CLAMS/electclam-1.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/shusuiutsuri/CLAMS/DSCN4474.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/shusuiutsuri/CLAMS/DSCN4474.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/shusuiutsuri/CLAMS/croceas3.jpg

[foodog]

awesome!

[3djedi]

Sweet! Thanks for sharing.

[Sinful Aquatics]

Awesome I hope your new clam grows big!!!

[moliken]

love those clammies.

[OrionN]

Nice clams. I am, also love to, showing off some of my clams

http://home.grandecom.net/~mnguyen/BWMax20090904.jpg

http://home.grandecom.net/~mnguyen/BWClam%201.jpg

http://home.grandecom.net/~mnguyen/BlueMax20090904.jpg

http://home.grandecom.net/~mnguyen/Clams%202.jpg

[3djedi]

oh, man I need some help. Tonight when I came home from work and looked in the tank I saw 5-6 of those damn pyramidal snails (sp?)! I took the clam out and picked them off. What Should I do?!

[moliken]

go to reef-geeks dot com
they have a sticky on these bstrds under clam geeks forum. don't worry. very treatable. takes time and care and patience!!

[OrionN]

oh, man I need some help. Tonight when I came home from work and looked in the tank I saw 5-6 of those damn pyramidal snails (sp?)! I took the clam out and picked them off. What Should I do?!
Leave the clam on the sand so he won't attach to anything. Take him out and clean him really well then once a week to clean him off. Use a tooth brush and clean him off with this. I also break off all the scutes to make sure you are able to clean off all the eggs. Use a small tea spoon, you can knocks these off very easy by chip side way at them. After two or three weeks without seen any snails, you are home free and just check them to make sure you did not miss two and they start a new population.
Good luck which you don't need, just a little persistent in clean them out and eliminate them from your tank.

[Korrine]

Here is a resource for you too:

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-02/nftt/index.php