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08-26-2003, 05:23 AM
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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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08-26-2003, 05:32 AM
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My 4 clams are still alive. 3 are doing well, 1 is in a breeding trap recovering from being eaten by bristleworms.
A few months back, I switched salts and I think this caused some zooxanthellae in the clams to die and make them smell dead to the bristleworms. Each day, the clams looked worse and worse and it looked like bits of their flesh were chewed from the bottom. So I put them in the floating trap and changed salts back to IO. 3 of the clams have recovered and are now back on the sandbed. The 4th one is still looking like 2 pieces of shell being held together by a thread. The shells are almost separated. However, it looks like a few more weeks or months and it should recover. I had tried prematurely to put the 4th one back on the sandbed but immediately upon placing it there, a huge bristleworm came out and snatched it to its cave beneath the liverock. I was lucky to save all of my clams.
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08-26-2003, 07:28 AM
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I've been killing every 4-6" bristleworm I could find. They multiple and grow like crazy. I'm losing that battle.  Here's a recent pic of my recovering clam. Notice bottom of shells look separated. Well, they are. When I pick up the clam, it feels like the 2 shells are loose. Feels like the shells are held together by the mantle.  
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08-26-2003, 07:39 AM
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08-26-2003, 04:37 PM
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That clam look's unhinged at the bottom.
It's not a big deal. Des had/has one for a long time now that is unhinged/unattached at it's base
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08-26-2003, 05:50 PM
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What hinges them together? I assumed it was a muscle of some sort and that it was eaten. Will it grow back?
Oh, my tank during really hot days was hitting 29.9 C with the fan on. Over the last month or 2, I would see 28-29C regularly during the day and 27C in the morning. Not too bad.
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