Acclimation or Disease? (pics)

[newkie]

Hi and thanks for reading. About 3 months ago I picked up an ORA maxima during the height of the mysterious clam disease epidemic. I was assured that the water in the system wasn't mixed, that ORA wasn't affected, yada yada yada the clam died and took my crocea with it. My derasa, thank god, was spared and is as happy as a... well you know.

So just a few weeks back, maybe 3, I picked up a maxima from FFE. My lighting has been all funny ever since I moved and I still haven't gotten my halides back to a full photoperiod. Read here about my acclimation saga with Borneman and Calfo.

So the long and the short of it is my new maxima is getting more light under the acclimation and I'm noticing that he is quite withdrawn in to his shell. In the morning he is a little more opened than this:

By the evening he is more closed up than here:

Now with the disease the clams gaped, this looks different. I'm betting that its just acclimation to the lighting. It seems somewhat logical as in the morning he is quite open but by the evening he's getting too much light and he is more closed. Also I think he is starting to color up a bit more. Lastly by the 3 week marker my maxima and crocea had had it.

What do you guys think?

 

[holeinone1972]

My guess is acclimating to new brighter lights. The didease seemed to make the clams gape wide open and spew mucas, yours does not look that way at all to me.

Rob

 

[newkie]

Thanks Rob!

Anyone else?

 

[holeinone1972]

By the way, I love that freekin Monti. Cap you have there! Simply awesome.

Rob