Updated Great Pic - Shrimp in Clam!!!!! Cool!!

bluetang · #1 05-09-2005, 11:21 PM

I picked up a new squamosa clam this weekend and noticed today a very small black and white dotted shrimp living inside it. Pictures are not that great. I will try to get a better shot.
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You can see its small tail inside the clam, in the next two pics.
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AJ_77 · #2 05-09-2005, 11:28 PM

Can you upload them here? I'm not a part of msn groups...

Chad · #3 05-09-2005, 11:41 PM

Thats very cool, I did not know there were commensal shrimp for clams! or maybe it is parasitic?

bluetang · #4 05-09-2005, 11:44 PM

Its definatly a shrimp. It almost walked out of the clam when I first saw it. I ran to get my camera and it hasnt backed up since to let me get a good shot of it.. All I could get was a shot of its butt

AJ, I'm not sure why you cant see it.. strange.. I tried to upload them but the file is too big.

ruck'n'reefer · #5 05-09-2005, 11:59 PM

Nice clam! Where did you get it? And how big is it? I would like to get another soon. I need 2 of each

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That is cool with the shrimp! Can't wait for more pics though!!

AJ_77 · #6 05-10-2005, 12:03 AM

I guess I'm still behind the big nasty corporate firewall... have to try from the home PC.

Troy F · #7 05-10-2005, 12:20 AM

That is very cool, symbiotic relationships (if this is one) are probably my favourite part of the hobby. Good pics too.

bluetang · #8 05-10-2005, 12:31 AM

I PU the clam From OA. They have a few more. They are all stunning. I will be parked infront of the tank untill I get a better shot...
Well...

maybe not that long

AJ_77 · #9 05-10-2005, 02:17 AM

I see them now - cool shots! Really hard to get that detail - and inside the clam... yow. Pretty neat stuff.

danny zubot · #10 05-10-2005, 02:27 PM

From what I can see it almost looks like this anemone shrimp I had a while ago. Maybe its confused or had no anemone to host so it found the next best thing at the time.