Well guys I posted a couple days ago about my tang nipping on my maxima I said I was going to put box of eggcrate over him. Well I did that and he is still looking bad, even worse.
When I first got the clam he came out pretty quick and looked good. My tang started nipping on him about a week later and I didnt realize it was the tang untill a couple days of seeing my clam closed up. He also has been gaping for over a week now, and it is getting pretty bad. He is about 3.5 inches and the gap is about 3/4 an inch. As you can see in the picture I dont think my tang is going to ever get over his taste for the clam. I know that gaping is a bad sign, and on top of it he is spewing some stringy stuff out that I am not sure what it is. One thing I noticed today when looking inside the gap, was that there was a rather large mysis shrimp down in there. I have not seen any other parasites or anything bugging the clam, and pretty sure this is just because of the tang. Is there anything I can really do to bring him back, or is there a humane way to put him out of his misery if he is too far gone anyways? Unfortunantly I am leaving town this wed for 5 days, and I really dont want to come back to a rotting clam. I feel really bad for loosing this guy, but I dont know what I should do. Any ideas?
When I first got the clam he came out pretty quick and looked good. My tang started nipping on him about a week later and I didnt realize it was the tang untill a couple days of seeing my clam closed up. He also has been gaping for over a week now, and it is getting pretty bad. He is about 3.5 inches and the gap is about 3/4 an inch. As you can see in the picture I dont think my tang is going to ever get over his taste for the clam. I know that gaping is a bad sign, and on top of it he is spewing some stringy stuff out that I am not sure what it is. One thing I noticed today when looking inside the gap, was that there was a rather large mysis shrimp down in there. I have not seen any other parasites or anything bugging the clam, and pretty sure this is just because of the tang. Is there anything I can really do to bring him back, or is there a humane way to put him out of his misery if he is too far gone anyways? Unfortunantly I am leaving town this wed for 5 days, and I really dont want to come back to a rotting clam. I feel really bad for loosing this guy, but I dont know what I should do. Any ideas?
