What's growing on your clams shell?

wakesetter · 06/13/2004, 02:45 PM

here is a pic of a squamosa with mushrooms on one side and xenia on the other. Lets see some pics of coral growth on clam shells. I didn't put these there. They just grew on their own. This is actually an old pic. One side is covered with shrooms and the other is covered in xenia.

wakesetter · 06/15/2004, 10:56 PM

nobody has anything growing on their clams?

techdef · 06/16/2004, 04:35 PM

MIne are totally covered in little tube worms w/ red heads & hard shells. Pretty cool, no current pix though...

starmanres · 06/28/2004, 08:30 PM

I had an aiptasia on my squamos, but a little Joe's Juice solved that.

Other than that he's very clean.

Robert

cwbroden · 06/28/2004, 09:22 PM

I have a little bit of some macro algae growing on the lower part of one of my crocea clams. Nothing that a little pruning every few weeks can't keep in check. Does not seem to bother the clam at all.

Freed · 06/28/2004, 09:29 PM

I have a green hairy mushroom growing on the side of my 8" derasa. Will submit pics later.

Potsy · 06/29/2004, 09:53 AM

Tube snails, fan worms, plating coraline, macroalgae. The only white I see is brand new shell growth.

tnyr5 · 06/30/2004, 04:25 PM

http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/...y/FrameSet.htm capnella growing on our gigas clam at PSU, this pic is old, he's about 20" now and has several colonies of pocillopora on his shell

RonSF · 06/30/2004, 06:08 PM

My 4" crocea has this blue sponge growing on his shell. I just haven't got the nerve to try to extricate it yet. I'm concerned that it may be secreting something that helps bore into rocks which may degrade the shell, but think it looks pretty and don't want to kill the sponge. I think that whetever it is doing to the clam is making the crocea shell look like a maxima shell with raised scutes, so it can't be completely benign. I may give it a shot this weekend, trying to save at least a bit of the blue sponge for my LR.
-Ron

06/13/2004, 02:45 PM	#1
wakesetter Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: CA Posts: 1,641	What's growing on your clams shell? here is a pic of a squamosa with mushrooms on one side and xenia on the other. Lets see some pics of coral growth on clam shells. I didn't put these there. They just grew on their own. This is actually an old pic. One side is covered with shrooms and the other is covered in xenia.

06/28/2004, 08:30 PM	#4
starmanres Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma Posts: 587	I had an aiptasia on my squamos, but a little Joe's Juice solved that. Other than that he's very clean. Robert __________________ "I know funny... I'm a clownfish!" Current Tank Info: 120 g RR Acrylic tank

06/28/2004, 09:29 PM	#6
Freed It's what it's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: 41° 2' 45" N 85° 8' 43" W Posts: 7,579	I have a green hairy mushroom growing on the side of my 8" derasa. Will submit pics later. __________________ Freed Current Tank Info: 180gal(1120 watts of MH/VHO light), 60gal "sump", Deltec 601 calcium reactor, Euro Reef CS8-3+ skimmer, 20 gallon QT

06/30/2004, 04:25 PM	#8
tnyr5 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: mount carmel PA Posts: 1,332	http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/...y/FrameSet.htm capnella growing on our gigas clam at PSU, this pic is old, he's about 20" now and has several colonies of pocillopora on his shell __________________ A psychiatrist, after viewing the Reefcentral forums: "There's enough material there for an entire conference" Current Tank Info: 20in cube

06/15/2004, 10:56 PM	#2
wakesetter Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: CA Posts: 1,641	nobody has anything growing on their clams?

06/16/2004, 04:35 PM	#3
techdef Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: LA Posts: 97	MIne are totally covered in little tube worms w/ red heads & hard shells. Pretty cool, no current pix though...

06/28/2004, 09:22 PM	#5
cwbroden Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Westinster, MD Posts: 2,067	I have a little bit of some macro algae growing on the lower part of one of my crocea clams. Nothing that a little pruning every few weeks can't keep in check. Does not seem to bother the clam at all.

06/29/2004, 09:53 AM	#7
Potsy Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Kinnelon, NJ Posts: 1,827	Tube snails, fan worms, plating coraline, macroalgae. The only white I see is brand new shell growth.

06/30/2004, 06:08 PM	#9
RonSF Registered Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: San Rafael, CA Posts: 746	My 4" crocea has this blue sponge growing on his shell. I just haven't got the nerve to try to extricate it yet. I'm concerned that it may be secreting something that helps bore into rocks which may degrade the shell, but think it looks pretty and don't want to kill the sponge. I think that whetever it is doing to the clam is making the crocea shell look like a maxima shell with raised scutes, so it can't be completely benign. I may give it a shot this weekend, trying to save at least a bit of the blue sponge for my LR. -Ron