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i_am_poor
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If it shows any signs of pinched mantles then freshwater dip worked for me
It looks to be deteriorating, is that the biggest your clam ever open? If it's a injury from fish or shrimp or should heal up. I'll look to see if anything is trying to eat it...GL
Tangs
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I have always found that if you think it is starting to deteriorate then it's days are numbered. I have never had a clam "get well" I have had clams get stung ..last one was from a mushroom.... But usually the culprit is too much water flow. My last clam passed because of too much water flow. It was from a power head on the other side of the six foot tank. And not even having it's water flow towards the clam. Live and learn.
TiffMunchkin
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it is deteriorating. i have no idea what the hell happened. the mouth is huge. i mean i can see the entire inside of the clam. it has "bleached" spots and its just dissolving i guess. the clam was fresh water dipped today for 25 minutes. i guess thats it then huh?!
Tangs
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Yuppers toast. But I never say never. I have not given up on keeping clams. On average I can keep them for around a year. I do think I can keep them much longer. What I am doing now is keeping the water flow to a minimum. I am no mad rocket scientist but I do think it will help.
TiffMunchkin
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quick update....clam is currently with another Marsh member and trying to safe/recover my clam. clam is doing a lot better. it was fed properly and seems to be on its way to recover....
Tangs
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Awesome what type of clam is it? and what is he feeding him?
Tangs
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Well in my tank that clam would of been Texas Toast by now. I have never heard of such a recovery as well (???lol)
TiffMunchkin
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he uses reef nutrition oyster feast...smells awful! I think what might have happened it that my water was too clean (yeah go figure right)...and I ran out of filter feeder food and so the clam started starving and then my peppermint shrimps and my Galveston caught blenny started munchin on the poor clam...now that it is in a new environment nobody picks on it and its getting food...it looked much better two days ago when I got an update.
I keep yall updated on it.
I keep yall updated on it.
Tangs
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I have crocea clams they get food through the lighting process. Having a 125 and only one big powerhead...plus a trickle undergravel. I am sure there is lots for the clam to filter on. Thanks for the update. I am glad the clam is doing much better. Jim
TiffMunchkin
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Check it out y'all. My clan is kicking again.
TiffMunchkin
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I fresh water dipped him for each 30 minutes and then he was moved to another marsh members tank where he was fed with that food I mentioned above. That's it. I think he was starving got weak and was picked at in my tank. I think feeding helped him to recover. His mouth is still pretty open but he looks so much better now. It seems like he is healing up.
You got any pics of what it looks like now??
I think clams can get an infection. A friend of mine has several (including a monster) and told me that it's important to get a healthy one from the get go. He has them all in super high flow. I link a video of his tank and you'll see the monster, but he's added more. I pretty sure that the flow won't mess with them too bad, but I may be wrong. You see the flow in the video.
https://youtu.be/r_w-Jwnaw5I
https://youtu.be/B_dQU7Db4Cw
https://youtu.be/r_w-Jwnaw5I
https://youtu.be/B_dQU7Db4Cw
