Will these guys eat a clam?

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Sailfin tang
Hippo tang
8 line wrasse
Matted Filefish (does not touch corals)
Maroon clowns
Holloween crab
sallylight foot crab
couple of hermits crabs
Mexican turbos

The reason for the question is I am think of introducing a maxima clam.
 
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Can you please elaborate?:)
Sure can. They start out small and shy and forage on algae and fish food scraps. Then after they mature you quickly have a devil tearing into anything they decide looks good. Also by then they become lightning fast and removing rocks to catch them is no fun.
 

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I don't have or keep that crab before but reading the its spec sheet from Liveaquaria seem its might become a potential thread any live stocks at mature age.
I removed my cleaner shrimps for safety caution reason for my clams. I have them for years and at max size they are not afraid of anything (well minus fishes that looking at them as tasty food) and will try to steal food from anyone, will poke any sensitive live stock like BTA, Sebae Malu and make sure those anemones stay close almost all the time, they learned and adapt a technique to steal food from Haddoni Carpet and get away with their life safely.
 
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What's kind of hermit crab do you have?
Scarlet hermit crab should be fine but if it's one of those giant red leg hermit then it is an evil :)
I have 1 of those before and after few years I was unable to find a shell that fit it no more (it's required like 12 inches shell) LOL and eat anything it can catch, 10 inches fishes are no safe and still on it food menu LOL.
TBH I learned a lot from fish keeping after decades in the hobby that less live stocks is the best for long term, especially for invertebrates species.
 

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Can you please elaborate?:)

My Sally Lightfoot was awesome until one day. What a murdering SOB. Got my jawfish. 3 shrimp, about 25 snails, 5 emerald crabs, 1 pom pom crab, and 2 feather dusters. I trapped it and took it back to my lfs and he was dropped in the predator tank. Still alive to this day.
 
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My Sally Lightfoot was awesome until one day. What a murdering SOB. Got my jawfish. 3 shrimp, about 25 snails, 5 emerald crabs, 1 pom pom crab, and 2 feather dusters. I trapped it and took it back to my lfs and he was dropped in the predator tank. Still alive to this day.
Thank you.
 

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If you want a nice clam get a dersera clam. They are way hardier than any other species and will have just as good of a survival rate as any of the corals in your tank.
 
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If you want a nice clam get a dersera clam. They are way hardier than any other species and will have just as good of a survival rate as any of the corals in your tank.
Thank you I will look into Dersera Clams pretty cool
 

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