ACK! snail got whacked by my clam - small tear in mantle!!!!

boogs · 12/23/2001, 04:19 PM

I saw it happen and couldn't stop it!!!
My new derasa slammed shut on a snail that actually kind of tumbled into him! He's extending his mantle for the most part but i now notice a small hole in front of his exhalent siphon. He is reactive but is he now doomed?? Can he repair this damage??

HELP!

Scott

MiNdErAsR · 12/23/2001, 06:09 PM

Leave things be. If water parameters are up to par, and the clam otherwise healthy, it should heal up on it's own. Be sure to provide some sort of phytoplankton (such as DT's).

Good luck.

12/23/2001, 04:19 PM	#1
boogs Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: kitchener ontario Posts: 617	ACK! snail got whacked by my clam - small tear in mantle!!!! I saw it happen and couldn't stop it!!! My new derasa slammed shut on a snail that actually kind of tumbled into him! He's extending his mantle for the most part but i now notice a small hole in front of his exhalent siphon. He is reactive but is he now doomed?? Can he repair this damage?? HELP! Scott

12/23/2001, 06:09 PM	#2
MiNdErAsR Dark Lord of Sriracha! Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: The People's Republik of New York Posts: 5,346	Leave things be. If water parameters are up to par, and the clam otherwise healthy, it should heal up on it's own. Be sure to provide some sort of phytoplankton (such as DT's). Good luck. __________________ Jim Cancer is Les' enemy, cancer is my enemy, the enemy of something, something, friend, something, something... Therefore Les is my friend - El Barto Current Tank Info: Gone With The Wind