Rock Boring Bivalve

I have a rock boring bivalve that creeps me out. At night, it has its mouth open, the moment I turn on the lights at morning, it shuts.

How do I remove it?
I tried using tweezers like what I used to remove fire bristle worms, but they just slip.

I think it killed one of my neon Gobies that lived in the same rock that the bivalve is in. I had a tug of war with an emerald crab to try to get the neon goby out of its claws.

 

Highly unlikely your bivalve killed a fish.Why do you want to remove it?It's a harmless filter feeder.

 

To be completely honest: it is ugly.

I sit in front of my tank and love how natural the tank looks with the live rock imported from Florida Keys with all the goodies still on it- However, I don't like the look of the bivalve. BUT, since it is harmless, I may just turn the rock 180 degrees so I don't have to look at it.

I was just wondering if anyone knew how to remove it.

Thanks for your input!

 

Diversity is the beauty of the saltwater aquarium, not the appearance of each individual.

JM2C

 

I would think it would be very hard to remove without killing it unfortunately.

 

You are absolutely correct. I just turned the rock so I can admire the backside of it.

 

Yea, not killing anything in the tank. The rock is turned- it actually had a small zoa colony on the other side, so its a win-win.