Made a big mistake.....

[Richocet83]

Recently picked up a dosing pump and set it up to dose Alk, Ca, and Red Sea NoPoX. Long story short..... After setup I heard one of the pumps running but never heard it shut down so I think I ended up accidentally dosing about 100+mL of NoPoX in about 2-3 minutes. So, today everything is looking okay except my Derasa.... It's gaping pretty bad. Did a 20% water change and hoping it will recover.... Anybody have success with clams recovering after gaping?

 

[ChadRaay86]

Clams are pretty resilient if they are a good size. Just monitor it and do another water change in the mean time. Post a pic of it if you can, also post a pic on the clam forum as they are pretty good at calling whether a clam will make it or not...

Good Luck!

 

[Richocet83]

Here's the poor little guy, put him into a little kritter keeper to keep him from bouncing around in the display

 

[ChadRaay86]

why is he bouncing around the display? I'd find a nice low flow area and dig a hole in the sand for him. If you're running a bare bottom see if you can't wedge him somewhere where the foot can reattach. Make sure he's right side up too. Given that, he definitely doesn't look happy so I'd monitor him for awhile and pull him if he goes, which you'll know because they look terrible (much worse than the pics) when there's no hope.

 

[Richocet83]

Thanks chad! Bottom of the tank is low flow but if closes up he falls on his side. Thought the keeper would keep him stabilized, the bottom of the tank is nearly bare bottom (only 1/4 of sand at most)

 

[Andyf30]

To keep him from bouncing around go get a clam kit from thrive. they have a ceramic little holder you can set the clam in and hell attach to. my derasa is in one.

 

[Richocet83]

To keep him from bouncing around go get a clam kit from thrive. they have a ceramic little holder you can set the clam in and hell attach to. my derasa is in one.

Do you know if FAOIS carries these?

 

[Andyf30]

if i remember right thats where i got mine. or may have been creative aquariums. You can see the ceramic clam holder underneath my new maxima.

 

[Richocet83]

Thanks for the info Andy.... Unfortunately, my clam was toast this morning

Fortunately, it looks like all the coral in the tank are recovering from this episode.

 

[Andyf30]

Sorry to hear the news man :/ at least it wasnt a total loss though.

 

[Ted_C]

regarding a clam holder: a much cheaper DIY solution I used: I took bits and pieces of my rock rubble and used a stick of plumber's putty (waterweld - http://www.jbweld.com/product/j-b-waterweld/) with either IC gel or Ecotech Frag Glue. I then made a bowl by gluing the rocks together with the waterweld and small bit of glue on each side.

I'm not sure if John still has the clam in his display - but an example is (may be) available at FAOIS if your interested in seeing this in person. It was a blue squamosal I did this for.

Squamosa's must have a tiny foot - because it never did completely attach to the bowl I made. It needed a wider flatter base before building the walls of the bowl and I didn't do this.

 

[mandarinfanatic]

Sorry for clam loss. At least not a total tank crash

 

[ChadRaay86]

Sorry to hear it man If you want to do another clam, go a little bit bigger as they tend to be much more stable the larger they are.

 

[Andyf30]

^ also a very good point. How big was your derasa?