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dmanshep 
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Posted: December 21 2004 at 9:58pm |
 Well I found that my squamosa wasn't doing so well upon further inspection / diagnosis I found a plethora of Pyramid Snails all around the Byssal tissue :( Has anyone had any real world experiance with these parasitic fools?
check out this link
http://www.clamsdirect.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=827
thanks for any info
dan
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Posted: December 22 2004 at 8:11am |
Looks like the link contains good info on ridding them. Hopefully they're not in your substrate. You may want to contact Barry if you have any questions.
Good luck Dan!
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Posted: December 22 2004 at 5:45pm |
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Bloody hell! I have hundreds of those little pyramid snails!! Just bazillions of them. I can't curse on this message board, but that just really ruined my day!! Like I needed another little challenge in my life.
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Renee and Damon Weimer
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Mark Peterson
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Posted: December 23 2004 at 7:16am |
I've had experience with them. They are easy to pick off the clam. Usually a couple treatments a few days apart rids them for good. 
Not all snails that look like that are bad.
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Posted: December 23 2004 at 7:28am |
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Thanks for the reply... I have been very carefully watching with a critical eye and removing every single one of them I see... I lost my squamosa to these and don't want my huge' derassa to be a victime. I cleaned him off a couple nights ago and so far so good.. I'm gonna get a six line just in case, maybe he'll atleast keep them somewhat at bay... I know since I got mandarines' I haven't seen any flatties..
it's funny how many different things exist in the ocean on the predetor prey foodchain.
later
dan
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Posted: December 23 2004 at 10:15am |
I don't have any cool clams but I do have those little
snails. I only see them every once in a while. It
seems that there is only a few. Now I can never get a
clam 
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Mark Peterson
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Posted: December 23 2004 at 12:47pm |
A Six-Line Wrasse? I doubt it will eat those snails. If you have enough bugs in the tank and you wanted one anyway, then go for it. Otherwise, be extremely hesitant to add carnivorous fish like Wrasses, Hawkfish, Dottybacks, Gobies, Pseudochromis, Royal Gramma, etc. They can ruin the ecosystem of a tank in just a few days and then, here comes Mr. Hair Algae 
Wait a minute, you know all that. Well, I'll leave it for the newbies.
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