Need Clam Help

Flash · #1 10-06-2010, 12:14 PM

Coral Beautys are known to nip at clams... that would be the only reason I do not have one in my tank!

michika · #2 10-06-2010, 02:01 PM

Photos?

Delphinus · #3 10-06-2010, 02:57 PM

I forgot to follow up with the promised article.

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume...6_4/clams.html

Suggests 20 to 30 minutes in RO water. (Note, RO, not RO/DI).

christyf5 · #4 10-06-2010, 03:11 PM

Yep, need photos. Call me if you need any help, I bet its pyramellid (sp?) snails though.

PoonTang · #5 10-06-2010, 05:59 PM

Well I had another look this morning, maby not as bad as I had thought. The edges seem to be a bit frillyer and thinner than I remember and I dont see any snails. It still reacts to light every time a fish swims by. The intake seems to be gaping a bit although i have nothing to reference it with. Christy if your down this way any time soon could you stop in please? I am home all week. I will try to get some pictures up.

hillegom · #6 10-06-2010, 06:12 PM

Keep us posted please. I had a clam that died after I had it a year. Similar situation to yours. First I had the snails, then possibly pinched mantle.
Then it got a hole in its foot and, downhill from there.
Then again, maybe not too similar.

PoonTang · #7 10-07-2010, 05:06 AM

It appears that it may infact be a case of Pyramid snails. I was looking in the tank tonight at some other things, because the clam was looking very happy today so I figured it was just me, when i happened to notice small white spots on all my turbo snails. I thought "oh cool, babies" except they look like cerith's. Upon closer inspection and a little bit of Google searching it appears they may be pyramid's. I havnt seen any on the clam yet but I was waiting for lights out. Can anyone confirm the presence of pyramids inhabiting things other than clams? And is the only course of action manual scrubbing?