crocea 'dropped' its foot

[metalManiac]

Hi guys, im in need of some help i think.

i have had a healthy crocea clam for the last year or so, it was attached to the rock and extending wonderfully.

Over the last month or so i noticed that the clam started moing around and when i picked it up to my surprise it was not attached to anything.
(i thought it was just normal clam relocation behavior so i did not pay much more attention).

now, a month later i notice the clam is not extending like it used to, so i pick it up to check for snails etc and out pops this tough yet fleshy piece of meat from the bottom of the clam! (its the clams foot!). There seems to be no flesh whatsoever around the byssal opening.

this clam is definitley in trouble, but im unsure of what to do next.

The clam was picked on for a period of a week or 2 by a pygmy angel but the angel was evicted and the clam semed to recover and extend its mantle.

lighting is 250W mh, NO3 = 5ppm, NO2 = 0 Amm=0,m sg = 1.025, Ca=400, alk=9

 

[a4twenty]

it can take a while for a clam to show signs of going downhill. the dropping of the foot ( as long as he dropped it and it wasn't forced ) shouldn't be a big deal. the clam may have decided to move around due to changing params ( less / more flow, not enough light etc... _

what other fish do you have?

how old are you lights and what kelvin are they?

what color was the foot?

any chance of a pic?

 

[metalManiac]

other fish include a pair of bangaii and a midas blenny.

the bulb is a DE 14k reeflux- around 4 months old now.

foot was a slightly off white color, quite hard.

sorry, no chance of a pic today, will try get one over the next few days (away from home atm)