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Unread 08/31/2007, 03:28 PM   #1
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Lacerated Mantel ... help

My Squammy of 5 years had a peice of LR fall on it and put a 1" slice into the mantle. The clam is abour 9". Will it be able to recover from this? I notice that my Y. tang is picking at it

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Unread 08/31/2007, 07:37 PM   #2
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The mantle will heal itself. If the Tang is picking at the mantle the Tang has to go, otherwise it will never heal and lead to further damage upto death.


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Unread 08/31/2007, 08:51 PM   #3
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as ez said the clam should heal on its own. can you pull back and take a photo of the whole clam and resize it to fit the screen. that photo is way too large and way to close up to see anything


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Unread 09/01/2007, 04:59 PM   #4
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Glad to hear that it eill heal itself.

Sorry - I dont have a better picture.

I leaned a piece of egg crate up against the clam were the damaged mantle is, It scares the tangs away, and the clam is fully extended again.

Thanks for the input.

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