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03-21-2004, 05:46 AM
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clam help please.
got a really sweet deal on a fairly large maxima clam about two months ago. Figured my water has been so good in the tank i was putting it in everything would be ok. Fortified the lighting a bit and everything was great. Really enjoyed watching how full and colourful it was. Kinda neat the way it would react to light change, fish swimming too close and even when i moved too close or took photos. Last three days have been hellish . first my seabae anenome started cacking junk followed by my hairy mushrooms tailspining into mush, isoloated them in a refugium. Lost my seabae. Came home tonight after being away all day and my clam has his mantle all drawn in and looks pale. I have never seen so much of the inside of its shell before. really worried. Should i put it in my other tank where everything is going well, or move it to a friends tank. or is it just more stress on it. If someone has lots of experience with clams has advice please post quickly. thanks
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03-21-2004, 07:06 AM
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Have you checked your water parameters??
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03-23-2004, 01:56 AM
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water parameters
Ya well I did a full test and everything was well within normal levels except salinity was higher than normal. Took some samples into my lfs as he says he has "superior" testing and he said my calcium was a little bit high and phosphates was 10 % above normal and sold me some green x to try. Clam has been closed for nearly a day now. Noticing a bit of red almost purple algae in a few spots i never saw before{ no, not coraline }.
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03-24-2004, 04:48 PM
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I have not been big on water changes, have a fairly high evaporation rate and have set up a r/o water drip with calcium. Did about a 20% water change and the clam is now closed fairly tight, At this point I am not encouraged.
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03-24-2004, 06:34 PM
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Have you begun using carbon to remove toxins from all the dying stuff? Perhaps something toxic died in the tank to bring on this destruction?
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03-25-2004, 02:38 PM
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Ya that was one of the first things i did (Someone pm'd me that advice- thanx). Wondering how toxic a seabae anenome gets when its dying or if it was reacting to an undetermined toxicity. The foot is still attached but i havent seen it open for a couple of days now, thinking only time will tell.
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