Clam disease

[Blown 346]

I got this from another site while crusing the net and wondered if any of you have heard of this...

There have been some issues w/ clams coming from vietnam lately.....they wind up carrying a protozoan which causes them to curl up and the mantles look like they are pinching together. There is a treatment for it so its not the end of the world...

 

[mbbuna]

its called Pinched Mantle. and so far there isnt any true cure.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=554185&highlight=pinched+mantle

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=654130&highlight=pinched+mantle

http://www.clamsdirect.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=747

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7262

 

[saltygeek]

Can someone post pics of what PM looks like? Beginning and advanced?

 

[mbbuna]

there's pics in the thread's that i posted

 

[saltygeek]

found em' had to sign into RF to see most of them

 

[The steven liu]

I don't know where is my crocea from but it does have that pinched mantle thing going on. Should I remove it from the tank before it infects other clams?