Narsiuss ate my Clam!

[piatchie]

I woke up yesterday and went to check on my fishies only to discover.....3 of my Narsiuss (spelling?) were inside one of my Clams! They were actually eating him alive! I tried to get the snails out but I was too late! I lost probably the second nicest clam that I have!:bawling: Well to say the least I am trying to get the snails out of the tank......not an easy task! I managed to get 4 out and I have 5 left to go. Has anyone else had this problem? I feed my Narsiuss snail every night so it's not like they were hungry and needed to eat! I wish they could have picked a cheaper coral to munch on!

[mike536]

I have never heard of sniails eating a clam. I thought that snails only ate stuff that was dead or algae. Guess I was wrong. Sorry for the expensive loss.

[lotus02]

If your clam was stressed snails , hermits , cleaner shrimp will make a meal of it .
You don't really know if your clams are sick until it's too late.
Your loss is very unfortunate.
I would suggest you check out this site http://www.clamsdirect.com/http://www.reefland.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=47

[piatchie]

lotus02, those links don't work for me! I don't think he was stressed. I've had him for a couple of months now and he always opened well beyon his shell. The snail are always crawling on the clams shells. I guess that could be stressing them out but I just don't know why they are on the shell in the first place! Gotta get them out before they start to munch on another one of my Clams!

[fishmonger]

nassaurus snails only eat vegetation ?? something must have happened to your snail

[piatchie]

My snails eat Shrimp and Cod and Scallops.......pretty much whatever I put in the tank!

[sokol]

are you sure you have nassarius snails!?
crown conch looks like nassarius but bigger
here is a pic of crown conch
they are the one that eat snails,clams etc

[piatchie]

Nope! Deffinetly Narssarius Snails. I have 9 in total. they have the little tube on their heads and spend most of the day burried in the sand!

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[atlantic]

sorry piatchie...that sucks....

[sara]

Nassarius snails eat meat as well as vegeatation. That is what makes them effective scavengers. They do need meaty foods to survive.
Piatchie: sorry for your loss.