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| 0 - 6 months |
   
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5 | 19.23% |
| 7 - 12 Months |
  
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4 | 15.38% |
| 1 to 2 years |
  
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1 | 3.85% |
| Still Alive(2+years) |
  
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16 | 61.54% |
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#1
11-01-2007, 05:24 AM
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Clam Mortality Part 2
I was wondering if the admin people could setup a poll on Clam mortality. I have seen a number of post regarding the sudden demise of there clams without apparent cause. I would lke to see in this form or something similiar:
How Long have you had your clam before it died?[list=1] 1. 0 - 6 months 2. 7 - 12 Months 3. 1 to 2 years 4. Still Alive(2+years) 
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#2
11-01-2007, 05:30 AM
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I've only had oldest clam a year and a half but it is still alive and doing well so I didn't vote
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11-01-2007, 05:39 AM
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Unfortunately I've had all of the above. I've had clams die on me in the first 12 hours. However I answered with the most optimistic interpretation and that's looking at my oldest clams which are now somewhere in the 3 year mark. Actually my oldest clam, I've had for 3 years, but it was from someone else who tore their tank down, and I'm not sure how many years HE had it, but it was at least 1 year IIRC.
So, it's possible that some will hang on.  Unfortunately they're just incredible senstive things, so it's very easy to lose them.  But some do rather well.
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11-01-2007, 06:10 AM
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Congrats to all who have had clams survive a one year...my hats off to you. IMHO getting a clam to survive is harder than SPS. I trying to get a handle on these clam deaths. I have read some of the most experienced reef keepers have reported sudden clam death. So tank quality is probably not the number one cause of death. I wonder if it has more to do with the age of the clams. Older clams may have more problems in adjusting to reef life. Also the number of crawly inverts in reef tanks are much higher may also contribute to this syndrome.
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11-01-2007, 01:32 PM
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I have had a teardrop maxima for well over 2 yrs.
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