Angela_96

Im not sure "what type" it is but I have had a hitchhiker clam since Sept of last fall in my tank... Finally stuff is coming off to where you can see the coloring, its sids have pretty black/brown patterns on it. However it has had some algae growing around its "mouth" and well... Bob my lawnmower blenny (super good cleaner!) decided to clean the clam. I found him dead, headless this evening laying next to the clam. Bob was so friendly, he would come to the glass and stare at me for min at a time, so when I didn't see him swiming this evening I knew something was wrong.

I have kept a close eye, and played with my SW guys a lot lately since I got the red bristle star that likes to be hand fed.. Its so cool! The new found joy of starfish!

harpua2002

Clams are filter feeders, primarily- sounds like an unlikely suspect. There are fish-eating sea stars, perhaps you have one, maybe even as an unknown hitchhiker?

Angela_96

The clam is a bit jumpy, it always has. As soon as you walk up to the tank it slams shut (thats how we noticed it when we first got the live rock). I honestly think the bleeny was cleaning around "too close" and got scared and slammed shut on its head. Its killed a peppermint shrimp before right in front of me when one of my kids stepped near the tank.

The only star I have is the red brittle that I just bought a couple weeks ago, its been hanging on the other side of the tank and is super friendly (all of my inverts I got from that place have b een, I wonder if that guy handles the inverts alot to tame them? or they just sense me coming around and know FOOD!)

MizRamzi

awwwwwwww I'm so sorry you lost your Blenny. That's gotta hurt

reefdude

Wow! Sorry about your blenny! I wouldn't expect it to go down like that! Like you said, he may have been cleaning around the edge and got a little too close...