curling occuring on my clam

[commandertekki]

It's getting worse as of today. The crocea started to curl up on its side, and the shrimps are begging to really pick at it. I took it out to sniff and see if its dead, no smell, so I'm hoping I can still save it.

I think its just the lighting. I got it under some PC's and and lowered it two days ago as I had to rework the rock structure to take the fishes out of the tank for quarantine. I didnt thinkit would be that devasting

Lighting is the only thing to change, although I wonder if moving the rocks around to catch the fishes stirred up too much sand to do something.

But I just checked my nitrate, reading 5
I dont have a phosphate test kit. salinity at 1.025.

Wonder if I need to lower the salinity.

I'll just have to wait it out when my MH's come in from PFO come in sometimes this week HOPEFULLY.

On top of this delimma, my house finished building faster then I expected so, I might have to break things down over the weekend to move to my new house since I'll end up having to close earlier then expected.

Any suggestion would greatly be appreciated.

 

[rmendis]

Can you keep it with a fellow reefer in the area or LFS with MH until you move?

 

[commandertekki]

I'm going to go ask someone today if I can leave it at his house, if not I'll just have to deal with it.

thanks

 

[kennerd]

When you moved it, had it already attached? And if so, how did you de-tatch it?

Clams have a tendency to hide how aful they feel until the downward spiral is started already. in terms of smelling, I lost two derasas this week due to a starfish dying off, and after moving them to another tank and watching them gape horribly, they still smelled like fresh scallop when I removed them. Mantle recession was down to about .5" within the edge of the shell. Not dead, just dying.

 

[commandertekki]

i'm going to try to place it in a breeder container andd see if the seperation from the shrimp and the closer distance to the light source will make a difference.

Sorry to hear that you are having similar problems.

 

[kennerd]

Definitely tracable to the crash in water parameters in my case.

So, how did you remove and move the clam?

 

[commandertekki]

well i have 4 clams, this one i got from lfs and I should have known better when i got it because the mantle was not fully open like the other crocea that I got, so when i got him, he had never attached to any of the rocks.

its been two weeks now, and it still hasnt attached at all. its just been since yesturday that it started to curl up.

as for my other clams, i bourght them from barry at clams direct, and they are as happy as can be. AND very attached to the rock they are on. Cant get them off at all if I wanted to.

I LIKE THAT., because it means they like that location and they are healthy.

But if I wanted to move them, I have to slowly rock them back and forth for a while before they let go of the rock so as not to damage the byssal.

 

[kennerd]

I was forced to move the crocea in the tank with the deresas, and actually took a razor and cut the threads right at the surface of the rock. Doing fine, thankfully.

Problem I'ver heard in terms of buying clams that don't look great: unlike a coral that may be experiencing some difficuly, clams a re much more diffficult, if not impossible, to bring back. Good luck!

 

[commandertekki]

That I didnt know.

I'm glad you told me. In anycase, I dont plan to buy anything from that LFS store where I got the clam.

The guy doesnt disclose much about the livestock that he has there.

thanks for the info

 

[kennerd]

Main thing with the threads is to make sure you don't pull or damage the clam internally by pulling on them. the bond between the threads and rock is far stronger than the bond between the threads and the clam itself, it would seem.