Byssal issue - tridacna crocea

[leo1405]

Hi guys!

first of all, sorry about my english.

yesterday I bought a tridacna crocea clam. I was trying to put it on a rock piece and it was always moving itself. After some time I leave it alone.

Today, when I was looking to reef, I found this piece, that was on tridacna foot yesterday (I think it is the byssal).

I don't know if clam spit it off , cause I don't remember that it was fixed on anything.

Now what? I always heard about clams death if they lost your byssal

Will my clam coming to death?

here is a tridacna's picture:

Thanks in advance.

 

[leo1405]

shooted four more pictures tonight.
looks like it stills fixed, because it is not in the same position, as you can see. but I don't know.
please, guys, what do you think?
thanks again.

 

[ca1ore]

Looks like a pile of goo. Clam looks ok. If byssal gland got ripped out, nothing you can do anyhow. Just leave it alone and see.

 

[MondoBongo]

My crocea ejected a wad of what I believe to have been byssal threads. It looked different from what you have there, but they do have the ability to leave behind threads without the destruction of the gland it seems.

As ca1ore said, clams looks OK, and there is not much you could do otherwise except watch.

How long has he been in your reef? He would probably appreciate a high spot in the rock work.

 

[Reefer54]

i would prop it upright if it is on its side. clams can definitely release their byssal threads adn grown new ones. it is when someone RIPS or SEVERS the thread that they are at huge risk of imminent doom.

keep an eye on it, not much else you can do.
good luck.

 

[leo1405]

hi guys!

thank you very much for the answers!

I will keep my eyes on it.

thanks again.

 

[leo1405]

My crocea ejected a wad of what I believe to have been byssal threads. It looked different from what you have there, but they do have the ability to leave behind threads without the destruction of the gland it seems.

As ca1ore said, clams looks OK, and there is not much you could do otherwise except watch.

How long has he been in your reef? He would probably appreciate a high spot in the rock work.

I already had another tridacna, but I sold it when my valentini puffer started to eat it.

I have a par meter and seems it can be ok with par almost 200 (my last crocea was raising with par 170).

thank you, friend.

 

[moliken]

par of 200 is NOT enough for a crocea. that's derasa's needs

 

[Gagonzalez]

Crocea's can take ANYTHING you can give it as far as light. They are the highest up in the water column of any other Tridacnea and are therefore able to absorb/withstand just about any lighting without issue.

I agree that 200 par is not enough to keep them long term. It would be ok temporarily but that is it. I kept my Crocea under PC lighting but it was at 3" directly below the light. It is now under an AI Hydra26 which is hung 8" above the water line.

I also had my Crocea move a lot for about 2 weeks when I first got it. I ended up placing it on top of a small 2"x3" rock (He was almost 2" long when new) buried in the sand for about 3 weeks until it attached to it and was very secure and then I moved it up to where I wanted it (3" below PC lighting) and glue'd the rock he was on in between my landscape. He still tilted and rotated into the light the way he wanted anyway.

If he keeps jumping off his place/rock, just place rocks around him to cradle him slightly (but don't block him from opening and closing or high enough to block his mantle).

Just make sure he has a big enough piece of rock below him to attach to. In your case I would use about a 3-4" piece if possible so he can move around and attach where he wants.

Good Luck.