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01/17/2014, 04:38 PM
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2 3/4 - 3" maxima clam mouth open HELP!
I've had my maxima clam in my 40 breeder with 40 breeder sump/refugium for almost 3 months and i has looked extremely healthy until I came home today. The mouth was open almost the size of a dime, plus losing color right above his mouth. It is attached to a shell and sits in the sand bed. I have a 6 bulb t5 fixture. My parm: ph 8.1 / ammonia 0.5ppm / nitrate 20 ppm / calcium 440 / phosphate
I do 20% bi-weekly water change Add strontium and molybdenum bi-weekly Just did a 20% water change, what else should I do? HELP!!! |
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01/17/2014, 06:07 PM
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it's dead. take it out.
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01/17/2014, 06:27 PM
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looks like it dying. too late to recover. ammonia should be zero.
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01/17/2014, 06:36 PM
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Sorry to say but it is gone. Keep ammonia at 0.
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01/17/2014, 07:42 PM
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If it still tries to shut, look for parasites under the shell then place it on the rocks. Hope it is not too late.
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01/17/2014, 08:59 PM
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The ammonia was high because he had already starte to decay. Mother Earth is now taking care of it in my backyard. RIP
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