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Old 05-03-2011, 04:59 AM
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Default Derasa Clam spawning ?

mine keeps squirting these white stringy fluids....
can anybody confirm what exactly it is doing ?
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Old 05-03-2011, 05:23 AM
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Kind of like this? Sounds like spawning to me. Beware though, clams often spawn when stressed and close to dying as a last ditch effort to save their genetics. And the gametes(?) can really pollute a small system. But sometimes they just do it for fun too like the rest of us.


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Old 05-03-2011, 05:41 AM
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yup seems to be doing the same thing
i dont notice any stress yesterday so lets hope is doing it for fun
heres a quick video... it happens right at the beginning of it
my tank is so dirty
http://s962.photobucket.com/albums/a...t=M4H00633.mp4
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