Took the family out to dinner at Chuy's tonight and came home to this! (1 Viewer)

[lesd]

The Hatch Chile salsa was excellent, but this didn't smell quite as good. I did a water change right before I left, and the water change water was really warm, so the tank got up to about 82. I turned the Halides off while I was gone to let it cool down faster.

Looks like the water change combined with the change in light cycle caused my big derasa to spawn. The attached pic is what happens when the clam spawns.

Sigh. . .

Time to do another water change, change the carbon, and clean up the huge mess.

--Les

 

[steveb]

aehhh that sucks les, sorry... Hey at least Chuy's was good...

 

[Mark L.]

Man that has to be a horrible mess. Sorry to hear Les.

 

[CBBSteve]

Oh my, that looks like your clam was taking a nice bubble bath...

Now you've got another "incident" to add to your collection for next time you do a MARSH presentation. LOL - but not funny. Hope all the livestock is ok...

good luck,
Steve

 

[Traclly Le Tran]

Oh my, he made quite the mess

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[jhill9]

Wow. Didn't know clams could do that. Maybe I don't want one.

 

[fishcraze_1]

Wow. Never seen that before.

 

[Diesel]

Clam Ejaculation............... maybe next time the clam will have to come to Chuy's too

 

[lesd]

He he. Thanks all. This happens about every 6 months, so I know the drill by now. I usually just don't take the time to get a photo.

The clam spawn make the skimmer go nuts, thus the mess o bubbles in the sump.

Got the carbon and GFO changed, and another water change.

Fingers crossed that all will be back to normal in the AM.

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[sergio nuncio]

LESD - it is a full moon !! man, this sucks, It's happen to me

any luck with putting together your new tank??

 

[flexrac]

at least you know what to do, some people freak out and do the wrong thing making things worst.
side note: i really need to stop by and get a frag of that blue acro i got from you a while back. what am i saying, i need to visit your frag tank.

 

[lesd]

Sergio - placed the order for the tank last week. 5-6 months lead time until I get it delivered. Still need to figure out the stand/canopy plans.

Felix - just send me a PM and I'll make a frag for ya.

--Les

 

[sergio nuncio]

Hey Les - Great news, I finished my build about 3 or 4 months ago and I'm super happy with it... I do wanna change a few things but what I'm really looking forward to IS A NEW BUILD IN A YEAR OR 2 !! I LOOK FORWARD TO FOLLOWING YOUR BUILD LES..

TAKE CARE

 

[rlpardue]

Do your corals extend their feeding polyps or anything when this happens?

 

[steveb]

Sergio - placed the order for the tank last week. 5-6 months lead time until I get it delivered.

Wow five to six months that is crazy.

 

[lesd]

Lee, to answer your question about feeding polyps: It's a little tough to see the coral polyps since the water gets super cloudy. I think they definitely do feed some during the spawning but I don't have any good evidence.

The fish do go nuts and eat some of the stuff that comes out of the clam. However, I think it's more the "byproduct". The clam's gills get clogged up with all the stuff in the water and it "coughs" out clumps of goo. That's what the fish eat.

--Les