Clamtastrophe

[TWallace]

skinz, I apologize for any comment on the other forum that was offensive. I'm just very frustrated with the whole situation. I still don't think the flame angel had anything to do with the clam issues I'm having. I've seen him bother clams over a year ago (only happened for one day) and he always did it right out in the open. It makes no sense to me that he'd now only do it when no one's looking. A local reefer says he had a fire shrimp bother his clams at night and I do have 2 of them in my tank.

The derasa is still doing fine in the refugium, which to me indicates it's not a water quality issue, and likely not pinched mantle, but instead some animal bothering it that only lives in the display and not the refugium. Admittedly, that evidence does lend credence to your flame angel theory, but it could also be cleaner shrimp, fire shrimp or something else. I did say that I have emerald crabs in my tank, but honestly I haven't seen them in several weeks. They may not be around anymore.

I'll give the derasa a few more days to recover in the refugium, then put him back in the display and watch for things bothering him. I'm certain that it will happen again, but maybe I can find out what it is.