bristleworm clam killer?

[class clown]

Hi,

I had 2 beautiful 2" ultra maximas side by side that took a dive overnight. I woke up this morning and looked in the tank before the lights turned on and noticed a big old bristle worm munching on the innards. could the bristle worm been the cause? or was he just an opportunistic feeder after they croaked?

I have 2 more much larger clams in teh tank and they seem to be fine, but this obviously has me worried for them now too.

thanks for any thoughts/advice

Ben

 

[reef18ster]

If clams are healthy, they are usually strong enough to fight bristleworms off. My assumption is that the clams were already headed down hill and the worms went for the weak.

 

[windwaterwaves]

I had a similar thing happen, I noticed my clam upside down, put him back but it appeared something had been munching on him. I noticed a bristle worm, but the culprit was my snowflake eel, he ate every last drop of the clam the next night.