Caryliss
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Please forgive a newbie.
Either it's cold shock, or I acclimated him too quickly. I got home from the frag swap and had to immediately leave again (I'm a veterinarian, had an emergency call). I left my husband in charge of acclimating the frags but he accidentally left the crocea clam on the counter Water was cool when I got home (probably low 70's). I started dripping warm tank water and got him warmed up in about an hour. I would have preferred a much slower acclimation, but I thought the cold stress would be more dangerous (a quick check of Knop said cold=death. . .). Anyway--at first he was very responsive--opened up in light, closed quickly when disturbed, but now ( 5 hrs later) he's gaping. Is there any hope? Anything else I should do--move him to higher or lower light or water flow?
He's my first clam, and I'm just sick about this.
Either it's cold shock, or I acclimated him too quickly. I got home from the frag swap and had to immediately leave again (I'm a veterinarian, had an emergency call). I left my husband in charge of acclimating the frags but he accidentally left the crocea clam on the counter Water was cool when I got home (probably low 70's). I started dripping warm tank water and got him warmed up in about an hour. I would have preferred a much slower acclimation, but I thought the cold stress would be more dangerous (a quick check of Knop said cold=death. . .). Anyway--at first he was very responsive--opened up in light, closed quickly when disturbed, but now ( 5 hrs later) he's gaping. Is there any hope? Anything else I should do--move him to higher or lower light or water flow?
He's my first clam, and I'm just sick about this.
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