clams and heat
well I was thinking back the other day to the thread about all the clam deaths, I recall most people felt it was some sort of pathogen but a couple felt it was from heat. And even though there were tests done that confirmed a certain pathogen a few people would not believe it.
We I think my tank mishap goes to show how hardy some creatures are to heat spikes. My tank got up to 104.9 degrees F for an undisclosed amount of time. All my montipora is wiped out, my millipora is stresses but coming around, my acros are doing well, and my LPS and softies are pretending nothing happened.
All the fish are fine, no signs of stress, and my Clam is outstanding, like nothing ever happened. Now my tank this summer was regularly getting up to 88 degrees and cooling to 82 (on a daily basis) but 104.9 should have wiped the whole tank out in my opinion.
Steve
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