KrazyKuch's & Michika's 180Gal Tank Build

michika · #1 09-30-2008, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by andestang

That just doesn't look right, but hard to see the inlet siphon on how stretched it is.

I wish I could get you a better photo, but its not actually stretched, its just limp. I had to move the clam (after this started) and its in an area of a little less flow.

Aside from the one gaping hole on that one side, it looks reasonably fine.

Delphinus · #2 10-01-2008, 12:06 AM

Hmmm, good luck! Maybe it's an injury? If you don't mind, please post the links to the threads on raf.com and rc.com, I'd like to follow them to see what gets recommended.

I've heard good things about the suggestion to tie them closed or not-as-open. Apparently the weight of the shells can pull the clams open, but if they need to heal then they need to have the weight of the shells taken off them and that's where the tieing them comes in. I guess even if closed all the way it's not like they suffocate because the shells don't create a perfect seal anyhow. Or so I've heard anyhow - haven't tried this myself.

michika · #3 10-01-2008, 12:18 AM

Alright so the threads;
RAF
http://www.reefaquariumforum.com/gig...ell-t3354.html

RC - My build thread - this is the specific page with the
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...&pagenumber=34

RC - Clam specific thread
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...readid=1481696

I am afraid to tie the clam up because the shell doesn't move. I don't think it can move anymore. How would I go about tying it up?

andestang · #4 10-01-2008, 01:11 AM

It doesn't try to close itself shut when you disturb it ? If it doesn't then that does sound like a problem. When I did mine I just gently pulled it to just under the normal width that it would of normally had. I wouldn't close it too much or all the way, don't want to deprive it of getting light/starve.

michika · #5 10-01-2008, 01:21 AM

The mantle retracts when you try to disturb it. The clam is just so big at this point that for a few years now it hasn't been able to close is shell. It still has regular clam type responses to stuff falling on its mantle, passing your hand over the mantle, etc. it just can't close its shell. Make sense?

Parker · #6 10-01-2008, 02:54 AM

I know nothing about clams but I hope yours recovers!

michika · #7 10-01-2008, 03:02 AM

Your short bus icon cracks me up!

Well the RAF suggestions were to treat with eurythromycin as a preventative. I am not comfortable treating anything in my system, so I have to set up QT equipment. I JUST packed everything related to QT stuff.

So far this is looking like something nobody, that has seen my posts, have ever seen before. We do however have a red flag; the growth of my clam isn't as fast as other gigas being kept by others.

Running suggestions;
- tie it up - how?
- scrub the shell - need to find a brush
- treat with euro. - where to find this product?

Marlin65 · #8 10-01-2008, 04:47 AM

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Originally Posted by michika

The mantle retracts when you try to disturb it. The clam is just so big at this point that for a few years now it hasn't been able to close is shell. It still has regular clam type responses to stuff falling on its mantle, passing your hand over the mantle, etc. it just can't close its shell. Make sense?

In the wild they probably get overgrown around them so they don't have to hold their shells when the get bigger.
Just a thought don't know that for sure.

Hope you figure out what is wrong with it.

michika · #9 10-01-2008, 07:16 PM

You make a very interesting point here. Hmmm.

So time for some very awesome positive news.
1) We are moving in 2 days, and the tank in 4 days!
2) I adopted some more fish, a nameless little sixline, and a very sweet and sociable regal tang named Tina.
3) I got another clam who boasts some beautiful colors and patterns, and I got more SPS too, little colonies, an awesome green cap, and some hitchiker hairy mushrooms.

Thanks Drew for #2 and #3!