My clam it's dying?

[juanmanuelsanchez]

Hello everyone.

So after two weeks my clam seemed to change for the worse, or that's what I think.

My parameters are

Alk 9
Cal 500
Mag 1500

It opened the mouth and the mantel its now retracting. One of the Ganges is that I bough a diamond goby and it made a mess in the sand, stirring everything and making crap fly all over the place. I don't know if something got into it.

The clam reacts to changing...and will close and open if I grab it.

Here are some pics.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

 

[B0brobert]

Try move to move it upward (higher in your tank). If the mantle do not expand, it might be to late

 

[Shigshwa]

What are you running for lighting? From what I can see that, inhalant siphon seems to be gaping, you may have to act quick to save it. I agree, move it up, unless your lighting is very strong.

Sometimes, your specimen may already be dying, it's especially true for those large blue Maximas for some reason. I've gone through... 5 by now, probably, and none survived for longer than a month.

 

[juanmanuelsanchez]

I have 1 AI prime HD and 2 non HD. I just move it up. I took a pic of the foot.

I don't know why the sudden change.

 

[dvybiral]

I am sorry to say but from my experience i believe it's toast

 

[Shigshwa]

Hm.. Looks like the opening of a crocea clam. If that's the case, you may have starved it, croceas need to be hit hard with light, something like 3-400 PAR+. It may have starved.

Edit: No... That's a maxima. Yeah, might just be bad luck. Those maximas are not very hardy.

 

[B0brobert]

From my past experiances, it's to late. Sorry

 

[juanmanuelsanchez]

Well as far as I know it's a maxima. It's reacting to movement quickly.

 

[Shigshwa]

Well as far as I know it's a maxima. It's reacting to movement quickly.

Move it closer to the lights and pray. They can bounce back, but only if you fix the issue quickly.

 

[juanmanuelsanchez]

Yeah I already move it and I'm doing a water change. In case its something in the water. But the acroporas are ok. So it dosent seems to be that...

 

[juanmanuelsanchez]

Also how it could be starving and there is no bleaching in the mantel?

 

[B0brobert]

How long do you have your clam?

 

[DSC reef]

Also how it could be starving and there is no bleaching in the mantel?

Bleaching is not an indicator of starvation in clams. Calms can actually bleach from to little light as well. Maximas need a lot of light. By the shell color that clam has been starving or in bad shape for some time.

 

[juanmanuelsanchez]

The clam have been in the tank for a month aprox. It open the mouth 2 days ago.

 

[juanmanuelsanchez]

I move it to the top of the tank. Lots of light there

 

[B0brobert]

Clams can staved months before dying. see this article from James Fatherree A look at ''Mysterious Clams Deaths" : https://www.advancedaquarist.com/2009/3/aafeature1

 

[juanmanuelsanchez]

Sorry to say but the clam its a goner now. Will not try another one. Way to expensive to die.

 

[Aaron-A2]

Sorry to say but the clam its a goner now. Will not try another one. Way to expensive to die.

Sorry to hear that bud..

 

[B0brobert]

Sorry