Andrew L
Active Member
well i wouldnt have never thought this would have happened. I always wanted a big beautiful EXPENSIVE clam, so I waited till everything seemed to be good. I already had a clam for a while in the tank that was looking well and attached, so i figure i was ready for an ultra grade beautiful clam from tahiti. so i get this beautiful clam from Pacific east aquaculture, everything goes well acclimate and everything. Gets in the tank and opens up like a clam champ. it was so aweasome and beautiful. so eventually he was getting closed up a little and I moved him to the top where he seemed to like it more. He was happy for a while like this. hes been in the tank looking good for more than 2 months. All of a sudden one day hes just closed up and was barely showing any mantle. so i waited a day or 2 and thought it was gonna go away. well it didn't go away and I thought I had to do something. So i read that giving a fresh water dip might help. So i matched the temp of the tank water to some rodi. put the clam in a bowl and waited a little more than 5 minutes. Put him back in the tank and he did not look good so i checked to see if he lived because before I took him out im pretty sure he was alive. Anyways i poked his sucked in mantle to see if he would retract and i didnt see much. I did this over and over again trying to see movement, but i didnt so i just left him in the tank over night hoping he would get better somehow. Next day hes dead wide open and making a huge mess in the tank. I felt so sad and angry at myself so i dont know if Ill ever get another clam. Also did a water change that day too. Anyone know what happened. The clam litterally went from being open fully to being closed up and dead in a few days?????
I had a perfectly healthy clam for over a year and then overnight it was dead. OVERNIGHT!
