healthy clam?

eggplantparrot · Dec 8, 2019

so it may have been stung by a nearby mushroom when one of my hermits pushed the mushroom rock into the clam.

I really would like to have a clam but this is really discouraging.

another BigAls has some clams too and I saw a couple that looked very healthy, I think I would like to try again but I'm scared

bobssecrtsn · Dec 21, 2019

Usually for me I will always purchase a clam that is more then 2” I hear less then that the sucess rate is low

bobonakamoto · Dec 21, 2019

So is it really dead ? I’m surprise a sting from a mushroom could kill it.

eggplantparrot · Dec 21, 2019

bobonakamoto said:
So is it really dead ? I’m surprise a sting from a mushroom could kill it.

yep it went downhill really fast. I dunno if the mushroom sting was the culprit but it sure as hell didn't help.

eggplantparrot · Dec 21, 2019

and because I'm an idiot and a masochist, I went and got another one that looked healthy.

this one is from a different BigAls and is about 3 inches I think.

I hovered over the employee and made sure he was careful when taking it out of the tank, and I think this one is doing pretty good. I can actually see its foot sometimes when it's really open.

I immediately put it high up on the rocks as well so it's getting more light and out of the way of any stingers.

it seems to be open a lot more and healthier than the last one so fingers crossed it's gunna stay that way.

picture coming soon

eggplantparrot · Dec 21, 2019

here it is. bigger and extended more

Softhammer · Dec 21, 2019

That’s not a big wad of epoxy putty you plastered that thing to is it? They need to attach on their own. Which is sometimes hard to do. Don’t be too bummed about the other one though. I have a 15 year old derasa clam and 2 gigas growing like weeds yet I cannot keep a maxima for more than a year.

eggplantparrot · Dec 21, 2019

Softhammer said:
That’s not a big wad of epoxy putty you plastered that thing to is it? They need to attach on their own. Which is sometimes hard to do. Don’t be too bummed about the other one though. I have a 15 year old derasa clam and 2 gigas growing like weeds yet I cannot keep a maxima for more than a year.

lol no I took a frag disk and tried to make a clam cradle like one I saw in a LFS by rolling a global of epoxy into a snake and surrounding the frag disk, shaping it into sort of a clam shaped bowl if you will

bobssecrtsn · Dec 21, 2019

the LFS took the clam out of the water, did you make sure to burp the clam? a good LFS will never take the clam out of the water. you should request it next time.

DSC reef · Dec 21, 2019

Taking a clam out of the water won't cause any damage to a tridacna. Burping is a good idea but I wouldn't say the clam should not be removed from the water and only a good fish store would bag under water. @eggplantparrot that new maxima looks really nice! Love the mantle color.

eggplantparrot · Dec 21, 2019

DSC reef said:
Taking a clam out of the water won't cause any damage to a tridacna. Burping is a good idea but I wouldn't say the clam should not be removed from the water and only a good fish store would bag under water. @eggplantparrot that new maxima looks really nice! Love the mantle color.

looks like the first one, just bigger lol

Waynerock · Dec 29, 2019

Good luck with this one I have one coming from ORA Tuesday same ultra gold coloring and I am excited. Stinks about the other one, the filaments are so sensitive if they where separated quickly and they ripped usually it’s only a matter of time before they die. Make sure your new one is in a spot you will never want to move it from so when it attaches it stays put. Do you have a fts where you can see the placement? I run similar lights and Want to see where yours is happy light height wise. Loving the colors of the second one I hope I get so lucky

eggplantparrot · Dec 30, 2019

Waynerock said:
Good luck with this one I have one coming from ORA Tuesday same ultra gold coloring and I am excited. Stinks about the other one, the filaments are so sensitive if they where separated quickly and they ripped usually it’s only a matter of time before they die. Make sure your new one is in a spot you will never want to move it from so when it attaches it stays put. Do you have a fts where you can see the placement? I run similar lights and Want to see where yours is happy light height wise. Loving the colors of the second one I hope I get so lucky

this is the most recent pic I have on hand.

unfortunately this one looks like it may possibly have PMD. ugh, this is really discouraging. I'm hoping it's just not liking my new wavemakers set up (2 mp10s, not shown in pic) and is acclimating, but one side doesn't look right.

hope you have better luck than me.

Waynerock · Dec 30, 2019

eggplantparrot said:
this is the most recent pic I have on hand.

unfortunately this one looks like it may possibly have PMD. ugh, this is really discouraging. I'm hoping it's just not liking my new wavemakers set up (2 mp10s, not shown in pic) and is acclimating, but one side doesn't look right.

hope you have better luck than me.

Well regardless of the clam you have an insane looking tank. Whatever you are doing is working! Sometimes you just can’t get one thing to live when everything else is looking great. I must admit that I have gone through my share of maxima back in the day when at the same time had a derasa for 3 years and went through all sorts of tank issues. I hope it comes back for you. Have you looked up a fresh water dip?

eggplantparrot · Dec 30, 2019

Waynerock said:
Well regardless of the clam you have an insane looking tank. Whatever you are doing is working! Sometimes you just can’t get one thing to live when everything else is looking great. I must admit that I have gone through my share of maxima back in the day when at the same time had a derasa for 3 years and went through all sorts of tank issues. I hope it comes back for you. Have you looked up a fresh water dip?

yea I'm surprised my tank is looking as good as it is. after all the stuff I put it through, at one point 3 AAA batteries fell into the sump and turned to grey goo and my doser leaked and dumped 300ml of calcium on the same day. my prized piece of 5$ acropora mini colony slowly died, but after a few months it's coming back from the dead from 1 branch lol. everything is colorful and growing but I guess it's just human nature to want more, and for me it's this dang clam right now.

I was planning on doing the freshwater dip but then noticed it looked a bit better, which was what made me think it may be because it didn't like the new flow I set up yesterday. I haven't really changed anything else recently so I don't really see a stressor that would cause PMD

eggplantparrot · Dec 30, 2019

I did my weekly water change and changed out the carbon too, read it helps with PMD, somthing to do with binding the iron in the water that the protozoan that causes PMD uses. I don't have a reactor so its in a filter bag floating passively in the return section.

ktn87 · Dec 30, 2019

Personally, I don't think he was getting enough light. They slowly starve to death if they're not getting light.

eggplantparrot · Dec 30, 2019

UGH this is so frustrating.

this guy was doing so well, I even saw growth, and suddenly this is what it looks like...

I'm preparing some RODI up to temperature and doing the freshwater dip. should I do a full 20min?

outerbank · Dec 30, 2019

That looks like PMD to me. I would dip for 30 minutes.

DSC reef · Dec 30, 2019

eggplantparrot said:
UGH this is so frustrating.

this guy was doing so well, I even saw growth, and suddenly this is what it looks like...

I'm preparing some RODI up to temperature and doing the freshwater dip. should I do a full 20min?

I'm not sold on PMD, it looks withdrawn but how long has it been like that?