Is my clam ok?

[Ehgemus]

Some of the mantle, (I thank is what you call it) has come lose from the shell. It has come lose on the mouth side. I took this picture but it is not that good.
is it going to be ok? what should I do?

 

[mbbuna]

cant see from the photo, try to get a better one. untill then dont do anything

 

[Ehgemus]

this one is a little better

 

[mbbuna]

still cant really see anything. something could have touched it and made it retract its mantle. make sure nothing can touch it and see what it looks like tomorrow

 

[Ehgemus]

It has been like this for about 4 days. but It does open up more then what it is during the day.

 

[a4twenty]

you must have a bowfront ( or i've had to many already ), can you take a picture straight down on the clam with all the pumps off?

 

[Ehgemus]

yes it is a bowfront, and It will be my last!
I will try to take a picture when it looks like this again. right now it looks ok.

 

[Ehgemus]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9577246#post9577246 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mbbuna
still cant really see anything. something could have touched it and made it retract its mantle. make sure nothing can touch it and see what it looks like tomorrow

nothing can touch it.

 

[a4twenty]

what is the brown stuff on the rock right behind the clam?

what fish and inverts etc .... do you have?

 

[Ehgemus]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9588315#post9588315 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by a4twenty
what is the brown stuff on the rock right behind the clam?

what fish and inverts etc .... do you have?

The brown stuff is kenya trees that are coming back. I cut them of the rock last month before I got the clam. do you thank they can be releasing some chemical? they are only 1/2 tall.

live stock
yellow tang
blue tang
3 clowns
2 serpent stars
snails

 

[Ehgemus]

o and 3-4 hermet crabs

 

[818]

What kind of snails? If they are tongan snails they are carnivorous and will sometimes leech onto clams.

 

[a4twenty]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9593042#post9593042 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Harold Edwards
The brown stuff is kenya trees that are coming back. I cut them of the rock last month before I got the clam. do you thank they can be releasing some chemical? they are only 1/2 tall.

to be honest i don't know but if you look at the pics again, you will see that it is the area closest to the coral that is retracting. my crocea reacted like this when my anemone grew large enough to touch the edge of his mantle.

if he isn't attached to the bottom it would be easy enough to move the clam further away and see what happens.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9593042#post9593042 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Harold Edwards

yellow tang
blue tang

these guys can be a problem, not always but you should keep an eye on them. ( i have a purple that makes me cringe when he uses my clams as pylons in his obstacle course :worried2: )

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9596001#post9596001 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 818
What kind of snails? If they are tongan snails they are carnivorous and will sometimes leech onto clams.

i have loads of tongan nassarius and a couple tongan fighting conchs. i think you are confusing tongan nassarius snails with whelks, which are a clam predator.

 

[Ehgemus]

there are no more kenya trees by it, I plucked them out yesterday.
The snails a just astrea and turbos.

 

[Ehgemus]

Here is a picture that I took today.

The clam looks good fully open, but does not look right when it is partly closed.