mrkrispy
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I am at a loss. My first clam appears to be dead, I have had it for over 2 years. I can't figure out what happened:
Tuesday: Clam is fine, opened and soaking up light normally.
Tuesday night: I am up very late watching a movie and notice my pepp. shrimp trying to pick at the clam. The lights are off. The clam is closed up pretty tight. I swat the shrimp away.
Wednesday: Clam is closed all day and during the photoperiod. Don't see the shrimp bothering it, and I am attentive the whole friggin photoperiod.
Thursday: I get up and check the tank. The shell is open, but the clam looks in rough shape. I find a bumblebee snail near the incurrent siphon. I put it in a tupperware and look it over. No response. It is still attached to the shell it sits in. I leave it in the container floating all day, do a few water changes, one with phyto. It hasn't moved.
I can't figure out what happened. I have another crocea and it is fine.
No pyrammid snails, no worms fells out, no other signs. I haven't added any livestock in months, and those were only sps. I feed the tank Phytopheast several times weekly, and the clam is under 250W in a 12" tank.
Any ideas?
Tuesday: Clam is fine, opened and soaking up light normally.
Tuesday night: I am up very late watching a movie and notice my pepp. shrimp trying to pick at the clam. The lights are off. The clam is closed up pretty tight. I swat the shrimp away.
Wednesday: Clam is closed all day and during the photoperiod. Don't see the shrimp bothering it, and I am attentive the whole friggin photoperiod.
Thursday: I get up and check the tank. The shell is open, but the clam looks in rough shape. I find a bumblebee snail near the incurrent siphon. I put it in a tupperware and look it over. No response. It is still attached to the shell it sits in. I leave it in the container floating all day, do a few water changes, one with phyto. It hasn't moved.
I can't figure out what happened. I have another crocea and it is fine.
No pyrammid snails, no worms fells out, no other signs. I haven't added any livestock in months, and those were only sps. I feed the tank Phytopheast several times weekly, and the clam is under 250W in a 12" tank.
Any ideas?
