if you have to move him and there is no way to take the rock. you have to cut the byssal thread as far from the clam as possible using a sharp knife or razor.
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9113763#post9113763 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by a4twenty if you have to move him and there is no way to take the rock. you have to cut the byssal thread as far from the clam as possible using a sharp knife or razor.
Slicing the byssal threads will not harm the animal. It will take 12-18 days to re-establish new bissial threads and start growing again. Tugging can actually harm the byssal gland and that can kill the clam.
I end up putting all my clams on a rubble bed when I first get them---and they snatch up a nice piece of rubble----so they always have it attached---and I can move it around if I have to. The piece of rubble usually wedges in to my rockwork pretty easily and I never have to worry about removing it.
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