Clams are spawning and water is milky! Help!

[kate6]

Hi. My clams are spawning and my water is milky and I can't figure out if I should leave it alone because it's not too bad or do a water change? If they are reproducing then it could be cool, but I don't want it to foul the water for my acros. I have about a 150 gallon clam & acro tank. Anyone have advice/

 

[ezcompany]

water changes asap, probably 30% each time everyday

 

[mbbuna]

make sure your skimmer is clean and working top notch. as EZ said i would do a 25% 30% water change and add some fresh carbon.

what was the last change you made to the tank?

most of the time a spawn is caused by some type of stress(in our tanks)

what you have to worry about is the die off of the gametes(spawn). it will cause a bacteria bloom and take up all the O2 and suffocate the tank

 

[capefear]

that happened to me last week and i am still doing water changes.

 

[chris.hampton]

I'm sorry to steal your thread but could you scoop some of it out and put it in another tank and try to raise the clams? This might be a bad idea but just thought i would ask LOL!!

 

[mbbuna]

theres a lot more to it then that.

http://library.kcc.hawaii.edu/external/ctsa/publications/lagoon/Lagoon.htm

http://govdocs.aquake.org/cgi/reprint/2003/525/5250010.pdf

http://www.ctsa.org/upload/publication/CTSA_143631672855187292852.pdf

 

[Barry N.]

you scoop some of it out and put it in another tank and try to raise the clams?

Not going to happen my friend.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Re: Clams are spawning and water is milky! Help!

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7781882#post7781882 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kate6
Anyone have advice/

Crank your skimmer to run wet. Do water changes. Watch your fishes. If they are breathing quite hard you'll need to step up the water changes. Congrats and good luck.