Maxima Issue

[Warnberg]

All, I am looking for a little help here. My maxima clam has turned white on one side, the highly lit side (weird), anyway I would like to get this clam moved however it has attached to a large piece of rock barried under my sand bed and that barried under more rock. So how do I get it to detatch itself from the rock so that I can move it and care for it?

Thanks

 

[mbbuna]

move as much sand away from the base of the clam ,then gently tip the clam to one side and then take a sharp knife and cut the byssal threads as far away from the clam as you can

 

[Warnberg]

Thanks.... I am planning on keeping it in a small tub, closer to the lights and target feeding for a while to see if I can get it to come back...

What do you think? any other suggestions?

 

[mbbuna]

that might help

 

[dvmsn]

I donââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢t think that is the best option. It sounds to me like the clam is receiving to much light. IMO clams are one of the most sensitive animals there are to new intense light. Have you recently purchased the clam or recently replaced your bulbs?

 

[Warnberg]

That is what has me perplexed.... This is a blue maxima (supposed very light loving), in a 30 inch tall tank, 4 to 6 inch sandbed and 54 watt T5 lighting. Only thing I can think of is I changed 1 bulb in each half of the tank from a 6000K Sun to a 11000K Aquablue Special.......

Here is a pic....

You can see the clam in the left lower portion of the tank....

 

[organism]

out of curiousity, how old is your tank? clams prefer tanks that have been established for at least 6 months, that might have something to do with it... it could be getting too much light too, although I doubt it with that lighting, I didn't know t5's could penetrate 30"'s

 

[Warnberg]

Tank is right at 24 weeks now. The T5's are over driven with IceCap 660's and from what I understand they are putting out about 85 watts per bulb X 8 bulbs. The bulbs are about 4 inches from the water surface.

 

[mbbuna]

i doubt its getting too much light,can you post a good pic of the clam

 

[dvmsn]

I don't think that it is too much light, I just think it needs to be properly aclimated to the light.