Question about clam

[04V10]

Yeah they have a foot that grabs onto the rock when they find their happy spot. One thing about Crocea clams is they have to have intense lighting, so they may have been moving to try and find some appropriate lighting. One other thing is they don't seem to like too high of a flow. If it's mantle was flying around then it might not have liked that either.

Before it died, was the mantle coming out fully? Was there any pinched mantle issues? What are your water parameters?

I find it hard that they both just up and died one day and there is nothing left in the shell. There should be some stinky remnants of the clam in the shell.... What other inhabitants have you gotten in the tank?

When I first got mine, I put it on the sand with a shell under it as I wanted it in the sand bed as well, however it kept moving around the sand bed everyday looking for a better spot. I then moved it up onto the rocks closer to the lights and it seemed to latch on and be happy. I had a different lighting system than my radions now, so I am sure that I could put it in the sand with a rock or shell under it and it will attach.

[Oilers]

Originally Posted by 04V10

Yeah they have a foot that grabs onto the rock when they find their happy spot. One thing about Crocea clams is they have to have intense lighting, so they may have been moving to try and find some appropriate lighting. One other thing is they don't seem to like too high of a flow. If it's mantle was flying around then it might not have liked that either.

Before it died, was the mantle coming out fully? Was there any pinched mantle issues? What are your water parameters?

I find it hard that they both just up and died one day and there is nothing left in the shell. There should be some stinky remnants of the clam in the shell.... What other inhabitants have you gotten in the tank?

When I first got mine, I put it on the sand with a shell under it as I wanted it in the sand bed as well, however it kept moving around the sand bed everyday looking for a better spot. I then moved it up onto the rocks closer to the lights and it seemed to latch on and be happy. I had a different lighting system than my radions now, so I am sure that I could put it in the sand with a rock or shell under it and it will attach.

I put them on top of the highest rock so they can be get as much light as they can since I have been told that they like to get lots of light. Before they die, the mantle was coming out fully. The only time they would close up was when I fed the fishes and the fishes got too close to them. Maybe that's why they moved?? Do they only move at night?
There's nothing left in the shell. It was cleaned out spotless. I have tangs, clownfishes, copperband, wrasses, gobies, cleaner and fireshrimps and snails. I don't have the water parameter right now. I can measure it later if needed.

[kien]

Originally Posted by Oilers

It was cleaned out spotless. I have tangs, clownfishes, copperband, wrasses, gobies, cleaner and fireshrimps and snails. I don't have the water parameter right now. I can measure it later if needed.

What kind of tangs? I have seen some regal/blue tangs go to town on clams Not all but some copperbanded butterfiles also enjoy clams. What kind of wrasses? There are reef safe and non reef safe wrasses where some of the non reef safe wrasses will go to town on clams.

[Oilers]

Originally Posted by kien

What kind of tangs? I have seen some regal/blue tangs go to town on clams Not all but some copperbanded butterfiles also enjoy clams. What kind of wrasses? There are reef safe and non reef safe wrasses where some of the non reef safe wrasses will go to town on clams.

I have regal, naso, purple and yellow tang. I have capenter wrasse, exquisite fairy wrasse and another wrasse that I forgot its name. I think I have a thread on it that I've asked for identification.

[whatcaneyedo]

Clams are such a pain in the butt... I've killed plenty over the years. A few lasted as long as five years but usually I only get 2-3 years before something happens. Pinched mantle, fish nipping, big ugly bristle worms, and parasitic snails oh my. A few of mine looked fine one day and were then dead the next but most of the time they look pinched for a week or more before they died completely.

You said that you recently purchased them, how long ago? I've had a tang and a CBB pick on them before so that could be an issue but it shouldn't have killed them that fast. If they didn't survive for very long I'd be inclined to think that they either weren't very healthy to begin with, they weren't acclimated very well or you have water chemistry instability issues.

Based on your fish list it sounds like you've got a pretty big tank. A large tank full of fish etc could eat up a small dead clam overnight easily.