Just got my Maxima clam shipment this morning from Savage Reefer.BTW, Amazing vender! After Temp acclimation and toothbrush scrap, I first put in on a marine block and adjust for placement, took a beautiful pic, but you can see the siphon is open, so I was thinking the clam is still going through the acclimation process. After that, I push the marine block to the sand bottom, and cover the clam bottom with sand and went back to my room.
After 20 mins, I went back and check on it, the hermit crab is on it!!! For GOD SAKE! I quickly pull it out and put it in a breeder box, and I couldn't believe it, and I thought maybe I haven't done enough research about clam care, because the care tip I have seen the most are about pymrid snail, par level, and phytoplankton dosing etc.. But I never thought the hermit would go after my beautiful clam.
That being said, I went back to my room and browsed a bunch of clam & hermit threads, most of them are claiming the clam is probably dying, that's why the hermit is going after it, "it is doing its cleaning job, you dumb". So I decided to do a little experiment, I pull out the hermit from the breeder box and put it back on the sand bed and went back to my room to see if the hermit is going to go after the clam again.
Another 20mis passed, I went back to the tank and i see the hermit is on the top of the clam again! But I didn't pull it out, I want to observe it whether is true the hermit is just having fun or cleaning the clam. But God I was wrong, the hermit is literally eating the outside tissue, so I banished into my sump. Hell yeah.
Here is the pic. The best bet for me is maybe this one is the killer type, other hermits seem to be fine with it at this point. But my clam;Drowning BTW, English is my sec language, so sorry for the mass, open to discussion.
After 20 mins, I went back and check on it, the hermit crab is on it!!! For GOD SAKE! I quickly pull it out and put it in a breeder box, and I couldn't believe it, and I thought maybe I haven't done enough research about clam care, because the care tip I have seen the most are about pymrid snail, par level, and phytoplankton dosing etc.. But I never thought the hermit would go after my beautiful clam.
That being said, I went back to my room and browsed a bunch of clam & hermit threads, most of them are claiming the clam is probably dying, that's why the hermit is going after it, "it is doing its cleaning job, you dumb". So I decided to do a little experiment, I pull out the hermit from the breeder box and put it back on the sand bed and went back to my room to see if the hermit is going to go after the clam again.
Another 20mis passed, I went back to the tank and i see the hermit is on the top of the clam again! But I didn't pull it out, I want to observe it whether is true the hermit is just having fun or cleaning the clam. But God I was wrong, the hermit is literally eating the outside tissue, so I banished into my sump. Hell yeah.
Here is the pic. The best bet for me is maybe this one is the killer type, other hermits seem to be fine with it at this point. But my clam;Drowning BTW, English is my sec language, so sorry for the mass, open to discussion.
Now I have banished all my hermits into the sump lol. otherwise, I'll never sleep at night. 
