I dont think ill ever see something like this again

[Ragin]

I reckon the clam got tired of the fike aggravating him

 

[mattvisocky2003]

More common than you'd think.

 

[Ragin]

Will it let go of him or wait for him to die?

 

[mattvisocky2003]

Kind of depends. Most don't end well for the fish.

 

[Ragin]

I had an engineer gobie that was over a foot long jump out the other night

 

[mattvisocky2003]

If he can't get water flow through his gills he probably won't make it.

 

[Duffam3434]

Wow.. Thats New to me! Poor little guy!

 

[Eienna]

Can you get it out?

 

[Ragin]

If I even get close to the clam he squeezes evn tighter

 

[Eienna]

Hope it lets go soon.

 

[Ragin]

Well he didnt let go till it died ugh

 

[Eienna]

I'm sorry to heat that :'(

 

[spspirate]

Oh no!!

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

Bummer!! How is the clam doing?

 

[skinz78]

Dang, I've had that happen before, you need to get the fish out or the clam will die as well. This is what I did, scroll down:

https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/clams/47648-attn-all-current-future-clam-keepers.html

 

[mattvisocky2003]

Pretty sure he said it released him after he was dead.

 

[Ragin]

The clam is doing fine thank god. Id hated to lose both of them

 

[kes]

When I first saw a pic of a clam doing this to a tang, I thought this type of occurrence was exceedingly rare. Then, I see more and more pictures unfortunately, resulting in fish death. I imagine this happens regularly in their natural habitat.

 

[Ragin]

I sure was shocked to see it