Couple Of Clam Pics

[SteveMH]

Thought I would post a couple of pics of the clams I have so far, a deresa and a maxima. Both are 4". The maxima is not looking good today because my tank over heated big time! I live in Missouri and the weather here can go from 30 degrees to 65 degrees in a matter of a few hours this time of year. It happened today while I was away all day at work and left the heat on inside the house. I cooled the tank off with bags of ice when I got home and was able to get it down to 83 degrees, hopefully the maxima will pull through. Anyway, hope you all like the pictures.

 

[toptank]

How hot did your tank get? What kind of lights are over the tank? The maxima looks a little washed out?

Hope they will be ok.

Barry

 

[SteveMH]

The maxima is washed out due to my poor photography skills. It's the best pic I have of it and I wanted to post something.

I went to class after work yesterday and didn't get home until 10:00 p.m. At that time the tank was 86.2 degrees. With the MH's (2 250's) on during the day there's no tellin' how hot it got. Normally the tank stays at 82-83.

 

[davelin315]

86 will not do any permanent damage to your clam, maybe some temporary "inconveniences". It should pull through just fine.

 

[SteveMH]

I suspect the temp probably hit at least 87 yesterday. I can only guess since I wasn't here. The clam is looking much worse, and I see some white stuff coming out of it which is probably tissue? It's open and has great color, but the mantle is completely retracted. It looks like it's melting away. I moved it to a different location today. I don't know if this is a good idea or not but I don't know what to do for it. I did some water tests and thought maybe you all may spot something else that could be the problem. I realize the nitrates could come down a little, I'm getting ready for a water change right now. I'm thinking it just got stressed from the sudden swing yesterday. TIA

Temp 81.5
Alk 8 dKH
Ca 450
Salinity 1.024
Nitrate 20
Ph 8.2