[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

but mine were considerably smaller than yours (and Brad's).
cheers

Mine was 1.5 to 2".

I am not saying that all the deaths were not caused by heat or vise versa, I am mearly trying to show that I think it was a little reckless saying 100% forsure that it was not a pathogen and rather heat had to be the problem.

My clam being a small one shoudl have easaly kicked the bucket in that temp acording to the theory that was being posted on the board by a few people at that time.

Also my mishap goes to lend more credit to a pathogen explanation than a heat one.

I agree that we should still strive to keep tems in a normal temp range to give every critter in our tanks the best chance at life we can, but also if you look at the reefs whare some of these clams are taken it is very shallow, Some even are out of the water a bit at low tide. thinking about this it would seam to me that the tempatures in the water a low tide could be much warmer than at high tide.

take out here for example in the summer the water temp is 52 degrees.. to cold for swimming, but yet some beaches the water is actualy warm during low tide (I would guess high 70's ) and then again in tidal pools we have anenomens, crabs, fish, ext.. and some of them go from 52 degrees to over 90 degrees. I am rambling now so I will stop.

Steve