Need urgent advice on my clam

[mi_edmund]

Hi guys,

Can someone kindly advice is my claim have death or anything as went wrong?

[Sherilyn91]

Any pic?

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[mi_edmund]

[Whiskie]

Dead. Please remove it asap.

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[ahchris]

Yup it's dead and it's getting smelly

[mi_edmund]

But when I try taking out, it still removing wor.

So should I remove it ?

[Whiskie]

Is it "moving" due to water movement? You can see the flesh has already receded. And when you took it out, I believe the shell does not try to close.

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[Sherilyn91]

Ya 100% dead

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[mi_edmund]

Dear All ,

Thank for all the kind advice, clam had removed from tank .

[inwear]

In additional, good to understand the cause. I have similar issues and death caused by pest. To be precise a hairy crab from my LR

[mi_edmund]

seriously I have no doubt about what had caused this poor clam.

as it have been living peacefully for years.

maybe it was cause by Feather star which just brought 3 week ago.

[Whiskie]

Feather star is peaceful. But they are very hard to raise in captivity. Slowly, their "feathers" will drop and left only the body. Then it passes on.

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[killwhale]

i find smaller clam harder to keep instead of bigger one, as i read that it require more frequent feeding compare to bigger one which can depend on light source as food.

[beelim]

How many years have you kept this clam?

[Dez Ching]

Hi Guys, I'm new to Marine keeping. I am currently still cycling my 4 feet tank, and keeping clams is one of my chosen option. However, I see that there can be rather stringent criterias I need to watch and take care of before I keep one. Can someone please gide me to successful clam keeping? I only wish to keep easy clams, for variety purpose, not those expensive clams... Can someone guide me how to feed a clam too? And what to feed as well. Thanks.

[asg]

Hi Guys, I'm new to Marine keeping. I am currently still cycling my 4 feet tank, and keeping clams is one of my chosen option. However, I see that there can be rather stringent criterias I need to watch and take care of before I keep one. Can someone please gide me to successful clam keeping? I only wish to keep easy clams, for variety purpose, not those expensive clams... Can someone guide me how to feed a clam too? And what to feed as well. Thanks.

Big clam -> good light good water esp ca

Small clam -> plus feed feather filter food.

[wanwan]

Yes Ca is important for keeping clam. Need to dose ca. Mine keep at 400 above for ca and all 4 of them doing well.

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[Dez Ching]

Yes Ca is important for keeping clam. Need to dose ca. Mine keep at 400 above for ca and all 4 of them doing well.

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My calcium was 500 last Sat, although I haven't keep a clam yet, I believe other LPS corals does consume abit of everything also, right?

Is keeping Calcium at 500 alright for LPS and Clams keeping? How about fishes? Will 500 Ca give problems to fishes and shrimps?

[wanwan]

Ca is one of the requirement only other factor such as light and nutrient?

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[wanwan]

http://www.liveaquaria.com/PIC/article.cfm?aid=117

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[Dez Ching]

http://www.liveaquaria.com/PIC/article.cfm?aid=117

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Wah, these clams are super beautiful in colours. Full of striking spectrums.

So I understand now other than Calcium, Strontium, Magnesium, and Iodine plus trace elements also needed for growing healthy clams

[Dez Ching]

But what about food? What do we feed them with?
Can't be Mysis shrimps right? Sorry, I really don't know, can someone please share the knowledge with me? Thanks.

[jasyu]

You dun need mysis. Just dose some phytoplakton in your tank. or target feed it with it.

[Beagle1]

I like to add a thought for keeping clams is the temperature is very important. At about 26 degree C is good.