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Old 10-28-2008, 07:06 PM
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Its a hole in his foot...........I can post a picture later, but it is basically a hole in the foot about the size of a nickel.
a picture would be best, the foot of most clams is not large enough to have a hole that big.

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Yes those are the snails I have so that could be my problem.
if you do have pyramid snails, they are going to be a problem if they are not already the problem.


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PS I have a Yellow in my main with the 3 small clams and a fat 6 line in the tank they are in now so am hoping they will eat the bad snails.
these wrasses are diurnal and pyramid snails are nocturnal, so they may get a few but will not solve your problem. there is only one way to get rid of these pest and that is to manually remove the snails and their egg sacs from the clams. you need to do this an hour or so after lights out as the snails live down under the clam or in its scutes during the day and come out at night to feast under the mantle of clam. you will have to do this every day or two at the beginning and can gradually reduce the frequency as you begin to see progress.

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