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04/04/2015, 04:51 PM
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Clam not looking good
As the title suggests - as of today, my normally fully expanded clam is not looking so hot.
Todays Parameters: Salinity - 1.025 Ammonia - 0 Nitrite - 0 Nitrate - 0.2 Calcium - 380 Alkalinity - 11.2 Magnesium - 1260 Temp - 79F I dosed a bit to bring up the Ca to 400, the Mg to 1320. Here's a picture from a few weeks ago:  And now today:  Any suggestions? Thanks in advance for any help!!! I also posted this in the clam forum, but any help is much appreciated!
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I'll try to be nice if you try to be smarter! I can't help that I grow older, but you can't make me grow up! Current Tank Info: 120 mixed reef with 40b sump, RO 150 skimmer, AI Sol Blue x 2, and a 60g Frag Tank with 100g rubbermaid sump. 2 x Kessil A360w lights, BM curve 5 skimmer |
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04/04/2015, 08:03 PM
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Can you tell us what livestock you have in the tank? I know angels are notorious for picking at clams.
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04/04/2015, 08:45 PM
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are both pictures from the same tank? That second picture looks different. Lighting and surroundings. Did it move tanks recently?
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04/04/2015, 08:47 PM
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04/04/2015, 09:15 PM
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Yikes, that doesn't look good at all. Clams that are being bothered by something like a nipping fish typically just close up. Yours looks like it's retracting from the shell which IME means it's a goner. When I've had a clam look like that it was sometimes a bristle worm going at it from underneath.
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Simon Got back into the hobby ..... planned to keep it simple ..... yeah, right ..... clearly I need a new plan! Pet peeve: anemones host clowns; clowns do not host anemones! Current Tank Info: 450 Reef; 120 refugium; 60 Frag Tank, 30 Introduction tank; multiple QTs |
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04/05/2015, 06:07 AM
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the first shot is from the top, the second through the glass from the side. Same clam, same location, same camera.
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I'll try to be nice if you try to be smarter! I can't help that I grow older, but you can't make me grow up! Current Tank Info: 120 mixed reef with 40b sump, RO 150 skimmer, AI Sol Blue x 2, and a 60g Frag Tank with 100g rubbermaid sump. 2 x Kessil A360w lights, BM curve 5 skimmer |
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04/05/2015, 07:03 AM
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Unfortunately that clam is a goner
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