clam murders my christmas wrasse

[JRocha]

I was looking into my tank for a few minutes and noticed my christmas wrasse spitting water at my clams and I guess he got too close and this is what happened........

 

[Gonzo]

Wow - I've never seen that before. How's the wrasse doing

 

[slim_jim989]

teaches him to spit water at your clam lol

 

[A_Lee]

That's a lot of algae on your glass there, haha

 

[JRocha]

yeah I don't think he will be spitting anything anytime soon. lol. Never seen that happen before. As for the algae, I haven't had a chance to do a full clean up on the acrylic. wish I did so I would have a clearer pic. Camera died right after the shot. so did the wrasse.

 

[r0ck0]

Wow thats amazing you got a photo. How long was the wrasse trapped, did you see it happen and have the camera ready? Imagine if you didn't see it and just found a dead wrasse, no idea how he died.

 

[JRocha]

It was getting crushed for about 5 minutes before it was released lifeless. it's a shame cause it was the first christmas wrasse I have ever been able to keep alive. I had it for about a year or more. I didn't see it happen I was looking into the tank on the opposite side and then saw some sand flying and looked over and the crushing was going down. I told my girl to grab her camera ale to get a pic in and she was able to get a pic in her battery died. I wouldn't be surprised if this has happened before and didn't even know it.

 

[r0ck0]

Crazy, how big is that clam, is it a maxima?

 

[scuba71]

Wow... that's crazy. Did the clam ever release the wrasse?

 

[JRocha]

yeah its a maxima and its about 4 inches. yes it released it but it was already dead. It probably has happened before but I don't know.

 

[nudibranch]

Clams look so innocent, I can't believe that that happened.

 

[GreshamH]

Clams look so innocent, I can't believe that that happened.

Ha now you know why they are called devil clams.