hole in crocea's mantle

[moliken]

i just discovered this hole above the inhalant siphon of a clam ive had for about 3 months; otherwise healthy. only other info, besides that i have 14 clams that look fine, is that yesterday morning i found a dead green coris wrasse who had been healthy the day before. a month ago i saw it nip my derasa, but i've been unable to catch it. my thinking is that the wrasse got caught, caused the damage, and died. lighting is AI leds over a 75.
unable to post pics until i have 3 posts.

 

[moliken]

adding a post so i can get my count up for pics.

 

[moliken]

and here is the third post needed. one more and i can put up the pictures

 

[moliken]

look above inhalant siphon

 

[mojoreef]

Yea it could have been that, the clam might have put the clamp on it and damaged it to much. Because you have so many other clams in their though I would keep and eye on it though just in case it is something else.


Mike

 

[moliken]

thanks. i had been noticing less mantle extension on some of the maxis, and i did, as stated, see the coris bite my big derasa, so as much as i don't want fish hurt, i'm not crying. if it's not that, what else is possible, mojo? fatherree and knopp don't mention anything like this.

 

[mojoreef]

Well their are all sorts of things that can go after clams. Snails but usually from down under, their are a number of parasite and protozoans that can effect them also. It more then likely sounds like it was the fish, so if it was then you should start seeing the clams showing a little better pretty soon.

Mojo