3 Clams in a Row die within 24 hours

reefandreptileautomation · May 11, 2019

Live aquaria is Foster And Smith

DSC reef · May 11, 2019

Derrick Picker said:
Sounds good. What is the amount of time I should dip for? 5 min? I am not going to do anything of course unless I see symptoms. It has been fully extended and doing very well for a couple months. Just the last 3 died with 24 hours.

Between 20-30 minutes max.

bsagea · May 11, 2019

There is no more Foster and Smith. Everything is owned by PETCO.

bsagea · May 11, 2019

There is no more Foster and Smith. Everything is now owned by PETCO

User1 · May 11, 2019

Already been said - don't buy clams from LA/DD. PacEast is the goto source. Most threads with success lead there. That would be my recommendation. It is also the source I'll be ordering from.

reefandreptileautomation · May 11, 2019

Regarding corals/fish/other inverts are there any places to avoid as well? I have been very happy with all my fish purchases from them over the years.

xjiang7 · May 12, 2019

I would suggest a couple of small water changes or add an UV just to be safe

Sketta · May 16, 2019

WOW, I purchased two maxima clams from Live Aquaria or at least that's what I ordered but not what I recieved anyway they both died within a week and a couple days later my actual maxima that I'd had for awhile also died Now it's making sense and I thought I had done something wrong

VSVP bet · May 17, 2019

cant speak for clams, but I have had a great experience with Divers Den Aqua Cultured frags and SPS colonies. I would not get any fish, heard too many horror stories... now I know to avoid clams..

reefandreptileautomation · May 17, 2019

I purchased 2 clams from Pacific East Aquaculture last week. They both arrived and are doing great. Did not die in a day like the rest I have got from Divers Den. Not sure what is going on there. Until they fix it I would avoid it. Never had a single issue with corals or fish from them though.

Keepswiming · May 17, 2019

Derrick Picker said:
I purchased 2 clams from Pacific East Aquaculture last week. They both arrived and are doing great. Did not die in a day like the rest I have got from Divers Den. Not sure what is going on there. Until they fix it I would avoid it. Never had a single issue with corals or fish from them though.

I had 2 clams from PEA and the both died within a week of each other, in a tank full of high end sps. Not sure of the cause ...?

chowwil · May 17, 2019

bsagea said:
A couple of my experiences...gash in the side of the sailfin tang, bags not sealed properly - all fish DOA, clam looks like it had been dead in the bag for a couple of days...bsa

I had the same issue, box arrived in different box and in the box was the original box in a plastic bag with water leaking out of it.

FlyPenFly · May 17, 2019

Keepswiming said:
I had 2 clams from PEA and the both died within a week of each other, in a tank full of high end sps. Not sure of the cause ...?

Well that's extremely disheartening. Btw, I had 3 healthy clams and then got a giant from Aquatic Wharehouse (DOH!) and that's what spread some mystery disease and killed all my clams.