more clams dead

Aquattro · #1 07-07-2002, 05:01 PM

Man, you're scarin' me! I just went and checked on mine....they're still happy as,..well, you know :D

smokinreefer · #2 07-07-2002, 07:50 PM

Brad,
are your clams new? or are they already established in your tank?

Aquattro · #3 07-07-2002, 08:17 PM

No, mine are a year old. I did lose a new squamosa last week though....apparently due to "heat"

Jayson · #4 07-07-2002, 11:07 PM

What have you been feeding the clams? Clams need a lot of food to thrive. Most clams die of starvation. What is your nitrate level?

DJ88 · #5 07-07-2002, 11:30 PM

Jayson,

I feed DT's(15 ml every two days) and Golden pearls. My two maximas are doing fine and have been for a long time. My clams weren't the only ones to perish in this recent heat wave. I know of quite a few.

I stopped measuring Nitrates in this system about a year ago. After my tank from a crash. None of my ihabitants, SPS, LPS, gorgonians or clams are showing any stress.

[ 07 July 2002, 19:35: Message edited by: DJ88 ]

Delphinus · #6 07-08-2002, 12:33 AM

Umm .. did you say heat wave? Has your tank been affected at all? If so ... I wonder if that's your smoking gun.

I'm pretty sure my losses (2 / 4 clams lost in the last month or so) have been directly, or at least indirectly related to some heat spikes my tank suffered about a month ago.

Darn things are pretty sensitive when you get right down to it.

DJ88 · #7 07-08-2002, 12:40 AM

TOny,

NO heat spikes in my tank. I have only had this fella for a week and a bit. There were some bad heat spikes just before I bought it tho. It is the only thing I can think of.

Aquattro · #8 07-08-2002, 03:08 AM

Darren/Tony....I also didn't have any heat spikes. My clam was shipped overnight (on a cool night) and put in my tank the next morning. Water temp in the bag was a little cooler than my tank. Day and a half later, clam mush!!
I think there was a batch of ill treated clams coming in from the wholesalers.

Dale D · #9 07-08-2002, 03:23 AM

I had a heat spike (close to 90) in my tank during the hot weather. All my clams did fine, but, I lost a couple soft corals.

We lost a clam in the reef tank in the store a couple of weeks ago. It had been in there almost 2 years and had tripled in size. One day I noticed that the hinge on it's shell had broken and it started going down hill from there. :(

DJ88 · #10 07-08-2002, 04:12 AM

Well mine and my sisters derasas are gone. :(

mine was fine late last night and gone this am.

grrrrrr