Something is eating my clam

jennyQwQ · Jun 19, 2023

So I think something is eating my clam but I don’t know what is it. I have two clown fish and one fire fish and some algae eating snail that is it. I used to have a possum fish but jump out of the tank recently. I don’t know if it is the possum fish or something else. Anyone have any suggestions?

exnisstech · Jun 19, 2023

I have 2 clams but am not really knowledgeable about issues. Maybe @OrionN can assist.

Dburr1014 · Jun 19, 2023

jennyQwQ said:
So I think something is eating my clam but I don’t know what is it. I have two clown fish and one fire fish and some algae eating snail that is it. I used to have a possum fish but jump out of the tank recently. I don’t know if it is the possum fish or something else. Anyone have any suggestions?

Pics of the snails?
Is this one of them or do you have another type?

jennyQwQ · Jun 19, 2023

Dburr1014 said:
Pics of the snails?
Is this one of them or do you have another type?

No I got those one as well

OrionN · Jun 20, 2023

It looks like some fish is taken bites out of your clam. It will heal. What is a possum fish? Common name are difficultly to decipher.

Dburr1014 · Jun 20, 2023

Probably this
https://www.liveaquaria.com/product/1396/?pcatid=1396

jennyQwQ · Jun 20, 2023

OrionN said:
It looks like some fish is taken bites out of your clam. It will heal. What is a possum fish? Common name are difficultly to decipher.

oh sorry it is yellow banded possum wrasse

OrionN · Jun 20, 2023

How long have you have the clam? Is it growing?

jennyQwQ · Jun 20, 2023

OrionN said:
How long have you have the clam? Is it growing?

Hi I have the clam around 8 months. It was growing and then the tank had a alkalinity swing it stop growing. However, recently the tank went back to stable and the clam just start growing again.

OrionN · Jun 20, 2023

It does not seem any of your fish are bubbler type of fish. Check for something else. The mantle maybe damage by other things.
I used to have a blenny that took perfect semicircle chunks out of my camp mantle. Bact to the LFS he went.

jennyQwQ · Jun 24, 2023

OrionN said:
It does not seem any of your fish are bubbler type of fish. Check for something else. The mantle maybe damage by other things.
I used to have a blenny that took perfect semicircle chunks out of my camp mantle. Bact to the LFS he went.

Yeah, definitely agree. I will try to search around when the light turns off.