Brad!

[Delphinus]

Sorry to hear it. But comments still apply. How on earth would your clams get the disease if they had no contact with any carrier? You said you've had this clam for a while. Have you put any new purchases (other than clams) into your tank recently? Unless so, I think you need to look elsewhere for your explanation. Heat is only one possibility -- I gave you that suggestion because it is one thing that coincidentally applies to both your story and mine -- quite warm weather for our cities.

FWIW, mine never spewed. It just died. It's not impossible that it was starvation too. If a person needs an ambient NO3 of 5ppm, unfortunately, I cannot get my NO3 to detectable level. I am still not certain exactly how much food these guys need. I have switched from dumping DT's and ESV's in at night to doing so in the morning -- I'm not certain if clams are actively feeding after lights out, so despite that I was feeding DT's, maybe I was feeding at the wrong time and thus diluting its overall effectiveness.

[ 25 July 2002, 14:17: Message edited by: delphinus ]