Clam Falling?

[gibson981]

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Check out my clam. I put it on that little rock a few weeks ago. The foot is attached to the rock. Over the past few days, my wife and I have noticed that he has moved quit a bit. He has now moved onto the end of the rock and is now laying on his side. He still opens and closes like normal. Will he eventually move more and right himself? I don't want to try to pull him off the rock and tear his foot. What can I do? Do I even need to worry?

 

[dclaghorn]

Re: Clam Falling?

I was actually going to post the same question, when i saw your post. Only difference, my clam fell off the little rock and died a slow death... In the future, should clams be placed in the sand? They don't seem to like to sit upright when you do that.

I never took him off the rock, he just did like yours. Sat in one spot for many months, then slowly moved to the edge of the rock and PLOP, fell 5 inches to the DSB... It never seemed happy after that, and every time I put him back on his shelf, he just went to the edge and lept off. Kind of like a little invertebrate lemming.

Dave

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14132557#post14132557 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gibson981
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Check out my clam. I put it on that little rock a few weeks ago. The foot is attached to the rock. Over the past few days, my wife and I have noticed that he has moved quit a bit. He has now moved onto the end of the rock and is now laying on his side. He still opens and closes like normal. Will he eventually move more and right himself? I don't want to try to pull him off the rock and tear his foot. What can I do? Do I even need to worry?

 

[gibson981]

Can anyone tell me what I can do about this?

 

[a4twenty]

can you prop him back up??? ( move him toward the byssal thread )

if you have to move him, you can cut the byssal thread with a razor, as far from the clam as possible.

 

[gibson981]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14147141#post14147141 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by a4twenty
can you prop him back up??? ( move him toward the byssal thread )

if you have to move him, you can cut the byssal thread with a razor, as far from the clam as possible.

Wouldn't that hurt him?

 

[phil519]

Gerald - maybe post tank inhabitants. It's possible something may be bothering the clam causing it to try and move. Or did you just do something to the water quality?

 

[gibson981]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14157154#post14157154 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by phil519
Gerald - maybe post tank inhabitants. It's possible something may be bothering the clam causing it to try and move. Or did you just do something to the water quality?

Well, about 3 weeks ago, my dKh was well over 20. I was running my Ca reactor at 6.4 to 6.5 pH, CO2 was injecting at a very high bubble count, and the effluent output was a full stream instead of drips. I got that back down to about 10. That was about 2 weeks ago.

 

[Shekki]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14149135#post14149135 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gibson981
Wouldn't that hurt him?

Just cut as close to the rock as possible. I've done it a few times and mine are still happy as a.......

 

[allhobbs]

I cut the bysal threads on my Derasa a few months ago when he decided to attach himself to my squamosa. He is still happy and healthy. It didn't seam to bother him at all.