can clams be out of water for a minute?

[leeweber85]

I have a derasa thats on a rock about 1/3 of the way up and I'm about to do a large waterchange... is it ok for it to be out of water for about 1 minute?

 

[Ti]

yes

 

[leeweber85]

thanks

 

[whatcaneyedo]

The clam that I have I bought from someone about 5 months ago when his house caught on fire. One of his fish tank lights sparked up and set fire to his basement and fish tank. The tank was destroyed and everything died except his clams which were 1 corocea, 2 maximas and a big squamosa. These clams were all out of water for at least 2 hours. So yes again.

 

[leeweber85]

I was shocked when I drained the water, it started shooting out water.... my brother was like "what the heck is going on!" Why do they spit out water?

 

[whatcaneyedo]

I'd guess that their insides are full of water and so when they clamp shut they force it out that way. There is a two part article in the RK Magazine that talks about corals and even clams and how they survive out of water for long periods of time during low tides etc. You could find a lot of useful information there if you have time to read it all.

 

[The steven liu]

My Crocea is way up in the top and almost everytime I change water it'll be exposed to air for 5 to 10 minutes and it has never bothered it.

 

[Bojan]

I saw Tridacna in the Nature (Maldives) out of the water every day for 2 hours durung the low tide,

 

[dkh0331]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6603909#post6603909 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by leeweber85
I was shocked when I drained the water, it started shooting out water.... my brother was like "what the heck is going on!" Why do they spit out water?

A very cool party trick.....