white spots on crocea?

[roons]

i have 2 blue crocea, have had them about a year, recently ive noticed white spots on the flesh (mantle?).................is there any kind of disease they can get? i thought maybe my shrimp have been picking at them but ive been watching at night and havent noticed this.....................

 

[mbbuna]

there are many different disease's that clams can get. its going to be really hard to tell anything with out a few good pics. can you be a little more descriptive about the spots? how does the clam seam other wise?does it have good color,is it extending its mantle normally?

 

[collective21]

It might be Whitespot Disease, it is explained in Daniel Knop's book Giant Clams. Hope all goes well with your clams

 

[roons]

well it was on one , now i see some on the other, one is extending normally , but the one that has had them the longest and has the most , is not extending as far as he used to..........it would actually be better if i emailed anyone a few pics that would like to take a look , as id have to shrink them down to post here and they lose detail..................

 

[mbbuna]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6265121#post6265121 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by roons
well it was on one , now i see some on the other, one is extending normally , but the one that has had them the longest and has the most , is not extendingas far as he used to..........pics in gallery

there are no clam pics in your gallery

 

[mbbuna]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6265047#post6265047 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by collective21
It might be Whitespot Disease, it is explained in Daniel Knop's book Giant Clams. Hope all goes well with your clams

thanks for the input, but i dont want to jump to conclusions when it could be anything

 

[collective21]

No problem.

 

[mbbuna]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6265147#post6265147 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mbbuna

sorry spelling corection that went wrong

 

[collective21]

It's ok I knew what you meant.

 

[kevensquint]

I had a white spot appear on my crocea mantle, it lasted a few days and went away, no problem. maybe you'll be lucky too.

 

[roons]

well so far they arent going away, and i never see anything on him, so im really not sure whats going on.................i guess theres nothing i can do anyways but hope

 

[cubman20]

The wite spots were on my new corca for one week then disapeared. looks good now.