I need some opinions on whether or not you guys think my tank is in the clear or not. I lost 4 maximas, 2 squamosa's and 1 derasa to the Phonepei clam disease aout 5 months ago. I have 2 remaining derasas, 1 which grows like wildfire, the other which must have had some massive internal damage due to the disease and hasn't grown at all since the "episode". They appear symptom free at present and have been this way for months. (at the height of the disease all clams appeared to have the symptoms). I did bathe them all in an antibiotic, only to have the 2 derasas survive.
I waited all this time to not add any clams, until over a week ago (9 days) when I added a small gold maxima. The maxima is doing great and is asymptomatic. How long do you think it will take until I can be confident that my tank is disease-free? I forget how long it took for the clams to contract symptoms (I know death occurs rapidly -within a week- after that point)
Thanx for any input you may have
I waited all this time to not add any clams, until over a week ago (9 days) when I added a small gold maxima. The maxima is doing great and is asymptomatic. How long do you think it will take until I can be confident that my tank is disease-free? I forget how long it took for the clams to contract symptoms (I know death occurs rapidly -within a week- after that point)
Thanx for any input you may have
