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11-18-2006, 09:53 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: houston
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Something ate my new clam!!!!!!!!!!!
So I cant figuar out what would have ate it! This is whats in the tank:
clown
six line wrasse
yellow watchman
pistol shrimp
cleaner shirmp
little hermits
fightig conch
elaphant snails
So who did it!!!!! it was a beutiful 1.5 in max clam. Didnt even get to spend a whole day in the tank.
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11-18-2006, 10:00 AM
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BIG SMELLY MOD
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
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are You sure something ate it and it didn't just Die?
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11-18-2006, 10:01 AM
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Shark
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Kentucky
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pistol shrimp
Id say but not for sure!!
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11-18-2006, 10:12 AM
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Saltwater Mom
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Ga
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You mean all the flesh was eaten within less than a day?
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11-18-2006, 10:29 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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How old is your tank and your water parimeters?
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11-18-2006, 10:57 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Toledo OH
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Lighting?? and yes how fast did it die???
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TIM MADE ME DO IT, Yet Robert made him do it, yet Casey made him do it!
Yet the voices in all their heads made them do it (skeety)
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11-18-2006, 10:58 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Toledo OH
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Quote:
Originally Posted by act1478
clown
six line wrasse
yellow watchman
pistol shrimp
cleaner shirmp
little hermits
fightig conch
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None of these did it!
Not sure what eleaphant snails are??
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They are all gone! NOW Planning 150g+
TIM MADE ME DO IT, Yet Robert made him do it, yet Casey made him do it!
Yet the voices in all their heads made them do it (skeety)
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11-18-2006, 11:03 AM
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Saltwater Mom
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Ga
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11-18-2006, 04:09 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: houston
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Yes all of the flesh was gone. I put it in last night around 830 all the light were off by then! Its was really healthy. When i woke up this morning the skunk cleaner appeared to be cleaning it then i realized all that was there was shell!!!!!!
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11-18-2006, 06:23 PM
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Saltwater Mom
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Ga
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Look in it for pyramid snails or maybe the skunk took his cleaning too far but I have never heard of that.
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11-18-2006, 07:00 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: san jose, ca
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here's a wild guess;
could it just have died, and then, the clean up crew took care of it.
J.
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11-18-2006, 08:14 PM
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The Bitter Mod
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Atlanta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jph
here's a wild guess;
could it just have died, and then, the clean up crew took care of it.
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This sounds like the most likely scenario to me.
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11-19-2006, 02:19 AM
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Just some guy, you know?
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jph
here's a wild guess;
could it just have died, and then, the clean up crew took care of it.
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I agree, this sounds most likely IME.
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11-19-2006, 04:27 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: NY
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I wouldnt say ne of those things killed it but ne thing is possible
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11-19-2006, 07:41 AM
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Reefless Reefer
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Durham, NC
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clams can die scarily quick. 
there also not much to a clam, it is pretty much just the mantle and a couple of muscles that are used for closing the shell.
clams less than 3" are difficult to keep, they do not rely on photosynthesis as this small an age and prefer need to be fed.
all of the critters you mentioned would not have been able to eat a healthy clam. a healthy clam even one of that size would have been able to close up tighty.
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