Flame*Angel
Premium Member
I don't know the proper term for these things but I don't think they are very unusual. They look like long hard tubes that sometimes coil, not the tiny white sessile snails, the tubes are thicker. These things make the mucousy net thing. Anway, I have two clams that have them growing up close to the mantle. One clam gets a mucous net over the mantle every day. The other clam seems that the mantle is irritated by the edge of the tube and tends to not open completely or else it tries to hold in a part of its mantle so that it doesn't touch the tube. I've tried to trim back the hard tube, the last time with a pair of pliers. I've even drizzled fresh water into the tube to try and kill whatever is in there so it doesn't grow any bigger. It's not working though, the tubes grow back very fast.
Anyone else have this problem? Is there any way to safely remove these things without hurting the clams?
Anyone else have this problem? Is there any way to safely remove these things without hurting the clams?