Uh, oh...

[Rovert]

Any one of you guys care to speculate on what's happening to this clam? It came off it's original rock that it was shipped on, so I used one of the Boston Aquafarms discs when I got it into my tank to which it adhered for a time.

Since then, I had to move my tank by relocating all the animals (including the clam) to a holding tank, and it released it's hold on that disk, and I just today noticed this about what I think is the byssal gland. See how the area below the gills is 'gritty' and rather unhealthy looking?

I'd appreciate any diagnosis and recommendations.

 

[a4twenty]

the gill look ok, the sand coming through the byssal hole looks alright too. or is there more to it? i have looked in my tank and seen my purple linkia inside my gigas ( or at least an arm or two )

sorry if i'm missing something in the pic but it looks like sand

 

[returnofsid]

Looks fine to me. Maybe if you take a pic that's not quite so close up, we'll see something we're not seeing.