Wrasse ate my clam

[mbg75]

My wrasse ate my clam, anyone else ever have this problem?

 

[ZANYMASTER]

Wow,what kind of wrasse was it?

 

[mbg75]

Melanarus

 

[ZANYMASTER]

Perhaps it was not well fed.

 

[jerl77]

I have one never seen him touch a coral

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[rookie07]

Never heard of that either, had a melanarus that never touched clams......perhaps the clam was dead and wrasse was eating it after the fact.


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[KathyC]

Never heard of that either, had a melanarus that never touched clams......perhaps the clam was dead and wrasse was eating it after the fact.


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Did you see it eating it while it was still in its shell or did you come home and find the shell empty and the wrasse picking at the clam meat elsewhere in the tank?

 

[mbg75]

The wrasse would occasionally pick at it and the clam would close up. The clam was fine in the morning. Came home later to an empty clam shell.

 

[BILBO913]

yup my lunar ate my clam, the same day i brought the clam home from the spring frag swap. first it carried it around like a dog toy then he ate it needless to say the lunar was rehomed later that night

 

[smoq]

Yes, I had thesame problem and since then, no clams for me. My Radiant wrasse devastated my clam and he started picking on it seconds after it opened in my tank. My blenny joined the party shortly after and I had to remove the clam.

 

[ryangrieder]

have a Melanarus wrasse myself, 3-4 inches. i have a 2 inch maxima clam and a 4 inch corcea clam. never had a problem...

 

[lfsmarineguy]

I'm assuming that there were probably flatworms or something else crawling on the clam and the Melanarus was just removing them. I doubt the Melanarus was attacking the clam unless it wasn't being fed properly.

As for the other wrasses, if you put a non-reefsafe wrasse in your tank why would you expect any other result? Two seconds of research would have yielded that information and prevented the damage. Or at the very least ask the seller about them.

 

[smoq]

My wrasse was definitely after clam's mantle, he was very passionate about eating it. I fed him well but I guess you're never know with wrasses. I have a christmas wrasse now and while he is modern citizen he likes to eat a snail from time to time, which I've never seen before in other wrasses. Unpredictable little buggers

 

[Dre]

Yes, some Melanarus eat clams. As soon as i saw the title i knew it was a Melanarus wrasse the culprit. Oceanrealm sold his because of this a few years agoon here.

 

[Mattl22]

Coris wrasse eat mine 2" only when I cut way back on feeding

 

[mbg75]

Yes, some Melanarus eat clams. As soon as i saw the title i knew it was a Melanarus wrasse the culprit. Oceanrealm sold his because of this a few years agoon here.

Thanks Dre, Was second guessing myself. my fish are well fed. Guess he found a snack.

 

[ming]

I also have a melanarus among a bunch of other wrasses, and about 10 clams in my tank. They co-exist just fine to me. Although my melanarus is pretty fat

 

[prattreef]

I have never seen or heard of a melanuras wrasse attacking or eating a HEALTHY clam. If they smell impending death all bets are off with most fish.

 

[moliken]

anybody know about the compatability of green coris and clams???? quick!!

 

[smoq]

I have never seen or heard of a melanuras wrasse attacking or eating a HEALTHY clam. If they smell impending death all bets are off with most fish.

Hmm, maybe that was my problem. The wrasse attacked the clam immediately after I put it in the tank so it could have been be sick. The other thing was that blenny joined the feeding frenzy along with the wrasse. Do you heard Randy about blennies harassing clams? I would like to have one but I'm afraid it's gonna be eaten again.