torn mantle and recovery

[achilles1]

The LFS has several maxi's and of course the most beautiful one has a couple small nips of the mantle. The clam is extended well and repsonds to movement very rapidly. I paid for him and told the owner I'll pick him up in a week if he's doing well. Will this heal quickly or should I cut my losses and pick another clam? The nips are small. They are about the size of these parentheses ()

 

[lebowski]

My crab ate parts of my clam's mantle, but under stress-free environmetns, good lighting, and good waterquality, it will heal itself in a couple weeks.

 

[achilles1]

THANKS. I'll let the shop babysit him until then.

 

[lebowski]

Coolness...

You mean you don't have good water quality and good lighting???

hahahaha....

 

[achilles1]

Compared to the way this guy maintains his shop my tank might seem like a toilet with a birthday candle over it.
lol
He's a fish NAZI.

 

[lebowski]

hahahaha..

Alright dude.... Take it easy!

 

[Jive Turkey]

HAHAHA

HAHAHA

I bumped my clam with a magnet cleaner once, and pinced a little hole in the mantle that healed in only a week. No sign of it now.
Man, I felt like a clown when I did that, the mantle was pinched for a couple of hours so I was worried.