Possible pinched mantle, ID please?

[rajkovich207]

So I have this clam sitting in a higher flow area but it has the most light in my tank, sometimes the mantle lifts up from a "wave" so I thought maybe he was just pulling his mantle closer to the shell so that this doesnt happen as much, but now im second guessing myself. The clam in question is a 3" maxima clam. I appologize for the crappy phone pics I just wanted to throw some up as soon as I could. Thank you in advance for any replies! and happy Reefing!!!

 

[rajkovich207]

bump could use some help!

 

[moliken]

pm is difficult to be certain of without a strong microscope and scientific expertise. if he is in high flow, move him and see if there's a diff. if you are sure it's pm, do a proper fwd. personally, doesn't look like it's pm to me. you'd expect to see shell exposed.

 

[rajkovich207]

thank you so much for the reply! you seem to be the clam expert in these parts! I did a FW dip just to play it safe, he does look much better today, I also moved him to a lower flow area, but I feel like I sacraficed a bit of light so ill have to wait and see, but after the sand storm I had today with the new wavemaker power head addon, nothing in the tank is very happy and now im worried about a crazy algea problem. I dont know much on clams atm but do have a book that I am reading to hopefully clear things up. Its awefully scary not knowing if your clam is doing ok lol!