I had a gold maxima spew white stringy stuff from the small (incurrent?) syphon for a few hours. The fish gobbled it up like crazy. Next day the clam was dead. This is shortly after introducing a nex squamosa that died within days. I figured it was affected by this recent plague of disease.
Two nights ago my larger blue maxima started doing the same thing. Spewing out this white goop. I assumed it would be dead the next day also. It wasn't. And although it isn't looking it's best, it is extended and fully rsponsive to light.
Is it possible that it was only expelling sperm? It is about 4 inches long and I thought it would need to be bigger/older before that could happen. The deceased gold clam was a fair bit smaller. They both have/had good growth rates, so I know they weren't really old.
Any thoughts and/or suggestions? The tank had clouded up a lot from the larger clam, but I added carbon and my skimmer is fairly large and worked hard that night.
Thanks
Two nights ago my larger blue maxima started doing the same thing. Spewing out this white goop. I assumed it would be dead the next day also. It wasn't. And although it isn't looking it's best, it is extended and fully rsponsive to light.
Is it possible that it was only expelling sperm? It is about 4 inches long and I thought it would need to be bigger/older before that could happen. The deceased gold clam was a fair bit smaller. They both have/had good growth rates, so I know they weren't really old.
Any thoughts and/or suggestions? The tank had clouded up a lot from the larger clam, but I added carbon and my skimmer is fairly large and worked hard that night.
Thanks