Dip advice

[johnnybravo234]

I think my 5" crocea has an infection on its foot. It does not attach anymore and there are always pods in its foot hole. From underneath the area looks black as well. Today while doing a waterchange i checked on him again and there was a bristleworm in there too. He still opens but later in the day it seems to get annoyed and try to blow stuff out of its foot hole. I gave him a couple weeks to try and work it out naturally since his larger size seemed to be an advantage for him but there still isnt any improvement. Should I dip him to try and clean it out? Any help is appreciated. My gf has the cam now but I will try and post pics later.

 

[skinz78]

Wait to dip until you have posted pic's and we'll see whats up.

 

[johnnybravo234]

Cool thanks

 

[a4twenty]

put him in a Tupperware container or similar to try and prevent anything from climbing in until you can post a few pics.

 

[johnnybravo234]

Ok here they are. I will give you a little more info too. There are only 3 fish in the tank: small yellow tang, green chromis, and a small clown. There is also one hermit crab and one snail. I have never seen any one of them ever touch the clam let alone even show any interest in it. The euphillia looks like it is touching the clam but is not. Sorry I could not get a topdown shot. You can actually see some of the pods in the closeup *** shot and you cant really see the bristleworm but he is inside there to the left. Let me know what you think. Thanks

 

[mbbuna]

i wouldn't dip it. the byssas doesn't look too bad to me, and it seems to be extending its mantle fine.

even if the byssas is infected a dip wont fix it

 

[johnnybravo234]

Thanks. Ill let you know if anything changes.

 

[Siffy]

Don't clams naturally lose the ability to attach themselves later in life? IE, once they get large enough/weigh enough to not get blown around.

 

[mbbuna]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11518100#post11518100 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Siffy
Don't clams naturally lose the ability to attach themselves later in life? IE, once they get large enough/weigh enough to not get blown around.

not all species

 

[Siffy]

Thanks mbbuna,
Which species do and don't?

 

[mbbuna]

crocea and maxima remain attached, squamosa may or may not remain attached, derasa, gigas and hippopus will give this up