fish/inverts to live with a clam

zeebies · 12/12/2012, 06:24 PM

If I plan to have Tridacna crocea clams as a focal point in a 40 breeder mixed reef, what fish/inverts/etc. should I NOT keep in the tank? I already have no hermits on the list.

I've heard stories about things messing with clams and I don't want anything messing with my clams.

What would you keep out of their tank?
What could cohabitate peacefully?

Thanks for the advice.

aleggett321 · 12/12/2012, 07:37 PM

my melanarus wrasse just ate both of my new clams. there went $120 in 2 weeks. he picks at my snails too. not amused with him right now

zeebies · 12/12/2012, 08:01 PM

WOW. Very sorry that happened aleggett321. In general, are wrasses not good with clams? I was considering a leopard wrasse.

Buzz1329 · 12/12/2012, 08:29 PM

Got a six line wrasse with 2 Tridacnas and is all is well. Guess it depends on the wrasse.

zeebies · 12/13/2012, 08:20 AM

Thanks Buzz.

Anyone else have suggestions for fish to leave in or leave out of a tank with small clams?

zeebies · 12/13/2012, 10:11 AM

Well, I found the following and answered my own question. Hope this helps somebody else:

From James Fatherree's book, "Giant Clams in the Sea and the Aquarium" the following is a compatibility breakdown with clams:

NO
All Triggers (except Niger and from the genus Xanthichthys)
Large Hermit crabs, (scarlet and blue legged are acceptable)
Copper Banded butterflyfish (hit or miss)
Sea turtle
Cowfish
Filefish
Porcupinefish
Pufferfish
Most wrasses
Large angelfish

MAYBE
Pygmy angelfish (Hit or miss)
Blennys, especially Bicolor and lawnmower
Rabbitfish
Tangs (Rare, but happens)
Peppermint and Skunk Cleaner shrimp

YES
Anthias
Cardnalfish
Clowns
Comets
Damselfish
Dartfish
Dottybacks
Dragonettes
Eels
Tail-Spot, green, fairy, flasher, fourline, sixline and eightline wrasses.
Frogfish
Goatfish
Gobies
Grammas
Groupers
Hamlets
Hawkfish
Jawfish
Lionfish
Scorpionfish
Stonefish
Seabasses
Snappers
Squirrelfish
Sweetlips
Tilefish
Toadfish

12/12/2012, 06:24 PM	#1
zeebies Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: NE Coast Posts: 851	fish/inverts to live with a clam If I plan to have Tridacna crocea clams as a focal point in a 40 breeder mixed reef, what fish/inverts/etc. should I NOT keep in the tank? I already have no hermits on the list. I've heard stories about things messing with clams and I don't want anything messing with my clams. What would you keep out of their tank? What could cohabitate peacefully? Thanks for the advice.

12/12/2012, 08:29 PM	#4
Buzz1329 Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Staten Island Posts: 2,414	Got a six line wrasse with 2 Tridacnas and is all is well. Guess it depends on the wrasse. __________________ Current tank info: 180 mixed reef

12/12/2012, 07:37 PM	#2
aleggett321 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Agoura, SoCal Posts: 137	my melanarus wrasse just ate both of my new clams. there went $120 in 2 weeks. he picks at my snails too. not amused with him right now

12/12/2012, 08:01 PM	#3
zeebies Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: NE Coast Posts: 851	WOW. Very sorry that happened aleggett321. In general, are wrasses not good with clams? I was considering a leopard wrasse.

12/13/2012, 08:20 AM	#5
zeebies Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: NE Coast Posts: 851	Thanks Buzz. Anyone else have suggestions for fish to leave in or leave out of a tank with small clams?

12/13/2012, 10:11 AM	#6
zeebies Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: NE Coast Posts: 851	Well, I found the following and answered my own question. Hope this helps somebody else: From James Fatherree's book, "Giant Clams in the Sea and the Aquarium" the following is a compatibility breakdown with clams: NO All Triggers (except Niger and from the genus Xanthichthys) Large Hermit crabs, (scarlet and blue legged are acceptable) Copper Banded butterflyfish (hit or miss) Sea turtle Cowfish Filefish Porcupinefish Pufferfish Most wrasses Large angelfish MAYBE Pygmy angelfish (Hit or miss) Blennys, especially Bicolor and lawnmower Rabbitfish Tangs (Rare, but happens) Peppermint and Skunk Cleaner shrimp YES Anthias Cardnalfish Clowns Comets Damselfish Dartfish Dottybacks Dragonettes Eels Tail-Spot, green, fairy, flasher, fourline, sixline and eightline wrasses. Frogfish Goatfish Gobies Grammas Groupers Hamlets Hawkfish Jawfish Lionfish Scorpionfish Stonefish Seabasses Snappers Squirrelfish Sweetlips Tilefish Toadfish