If I pick up anything in my tank, there's several bristle worms underneath it. I suspect what you saw with the bristle worms inside the shell was them eating already dead or dying tissue, or just hiding in the cavity. If the clam was hanging on by a thread they could probably push it over the edge though.
There was a rash of clams spontaneously dying on people a while back if I remember correctly. People suspected a disease had made it in to the chain of custody most marine animals pass through. Had you added anything or another clam in the weeks leading up to their demise?
Just the three I purchased from the BC seller. One I sold, the other two are fine.
10-19-2014, 10:38 PM
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