Lacerated Mantel ... help

[Foster]

My Squammy of 5 years had a peice of LR fall on it and put a 1" slice into the mantle. The clam is abour 9". Will it be able to recover from this? I notice that my Y. tang is picking at it

Here is a pic

<img src=http://www.fostercon.com/clamdam.jpg>

 

[ezcompany]

The mantle will heal itself. If the Tang is picking at the mantle the Tang has to go, otherwise it will never heal and lead to further damage upto death.

 

[mbbuna]

as ez said the clam should heal on its own. can you pull back and take a photo of the whole clam and resize it to fit the screen. that photo is way too large and way to close up to see anything

 

[Foster]

Glad to hear that it eill heal itself.

Sorry - I dont have a better picture.

I leaned a piece of egg crate up against the clam were the damaged mantle is, It scares the tangs away, and the clam is fully extended again.

Thanks for the input.

Foster