Gigas problem

[johnnybravo234]

Phew

 

[cristhiam]

Update: so far so good. that was a close call. Not 100% recovered but a lot better. Thank you for all the help, it seems that the problem was the anemone.

 

[superchargeme]

sweet that is awsome, I'm happy for you and the clam. Mine is about 5years old now and over16" I've noticed when I remove some of my bigger fish that the clams color lightens. Ibelieve that the gigas is a great cleaner. Good luck to you

 

[cristhiam]

Well it looks 100% recovered , looking back at the pictures looked pretty bad.

Here are my other 2 clams they all abou the same age as the gigas

 

[corals b 4 bills]

Man this thread was scarier then a Steven King movie, I have the same clam and I would freak too if this happened to me, I'm glad this story had a happy ending.

 

[Bandsaw]

cristhiam, Not wanting to hijack your thread here (also happy to see that your clam is on the mend), but I have a question for mbbuna.

mbbuna, if you don't mind me asking, where were you going with the suggestion to remove the denitrator? Are you thinking sulfur contamination of some sort?

Thanks

 

[cristhiam]

I think it was more than a fast drop in the nitrates could affect the clam, I think. I had a problem with nitrates 80+/-ppm, and now it's 0, of course it took several months. I did not take it off line at this time because it took 4 to 5 months to start working. My denitrator is a DYI.