Overextended Crocea?
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quicksilverq
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he is not overextended he looks stressed out like you been moving him to much he should be more opened. my clam was at least 3 inhes or more of mantel from where the shell ended.
quicksilverq
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Well if thats the case and you have 250W MH he will do fine. No worries mine was under 150W MH and did ok now its under 1300W you never can over do it well at least i have not overdone it yet. good luck.
I should mention that this clam is new to the tank. He has been in there about 10 days (7 days when the picture was taken). My tank is bare bottom and I was trying to get him to attach to the glass. He obviously didn't like it because he kept trying to move. So, I finally got a piece of rock from my fuge and set him on it. He has stayed there since. When the picture was taken he had only been on the rock for about two days.
The only corals he is close to are some zoos. I two-part dose in the morning. My Alk is around 9-10 and my Ca is around 480.
The only corals he is close to are some zoos. I two-part dose in the morning. My Alk is around 9-10 and my Ca is around 480.
quicksilverq
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he looks ok but kind of new still you will be alright no bleahing and he is out.
Reefer07
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One of my clams has only been opening as much as the first 2 pictures in the last post. Not the original pics up top but the ones directly above.
Any ideas what is going on. It was doing real well for a few weeks and now it is not lookin so hot. One of my other ones does the same thing. It is open about half the day and then closes up.
Any ideas what is going on. It was doing real well for a few weeks and now it is not lookin so hot. One of my other ones does the same thing. It is open about half the day and then closes up.
Could it prossibly be the rocks that look like they are wedged on each side of it's shell? Did you dig that pit or was it just there and you just placed the clam in it? It's a 2D picture so sorry if I have that wrong, but it just looks like the rock sticking out on the right and left is touching the shell preventing it from fully opening.
Well if the rocks are preventing it from fully opening, then it might stress it out and kill it. Is it attached? If it is, there is a post around here where someone gave a really good method for getting to the byssal threads. I would be kind of surprised if it had a strong hold on the rock though. But you NEVER want anything preventing the hinge or ligament from fully opening.
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