Does clams die at 29-30 degree?

[tineng]

Sad day for me....Maxi was doing well yesterday but died today....still trying to track the cause of the death....i suspect it has to do with the temperature (found out that the hose to my chiller was bent resulting in the tank not been cooled - stupid).

Anyway, does anyone knows if clams will died at 30 degree? I've check the other parameters (NH,No2,Na3,CA,PH), except for temperature everything seems fine....is there any other thing that will cause my clam to die all of the sudden? Need help before my other clams start dying....

(PS: Sorry jd_n, didn't take good care of your maxi.... )

[Guinness]

Depends on how long your chiller was out of commission. If it's just an overnight thing, I don't think the clam would die. It would certainly not be happy and it's condition will start to deteriote.

Other considerations will include tank mates or possibly parasites.

[tineng]

Depends on how long your chiller was out of commission. If it's just an overnight thing, I don't think the clam would die. It would certainly not be happy and it's condition will start to deteriote.

Other considerations will include tank mates or possibly parasites.

Now I'm worried...it was a overnight thing....

its tank mates are:

- 1 bady blue tang

- 1 emperor

- 1 purple firefish

- 1 clown

- 1 electric blue hermit carb

- 1 red hawall hermit carb

- 1 turbo snails

- 2 Cernil snails

sorry for the wrong spellings....i'm not very good with the names...anyway will any of those LS attack my clams?

[DeepBlue]

Now I'm worried...it was a overnight thing....

its tank mates are:

- 1 bady blue tang

- 1 emperor

- 1 purple firefish

- 1 clown

- 1 electric blue hermit carb

- 1 red hawall hermit carb

- 1 turbo snails

- 2 Cernil snails

sorry for the wrong spellings....i'm not very good with the names...anyway will any of those LS attack my clams?

Hi. just an observation.

Emperor angels are not reesafe...any intetion to keep a reef tank must be prepared to endure the possibility of the guy nipping at your precious corals later on..including clam mantles

[ryz]

kept my clams at 30 degrees for two days once.. nothing happened.. still quite healthy during those two days.

[Dispar_Anthias]

Hi. just an observation.

Emperor angels are not reesafe...any intetion to keep a reef tank must be prepared to endure the possibility of the guy nipping at your precious corals later on..including clam mantles

yeah.. pls check to make sure that your emperor behaves itself.... anyway you might want to check if theres any parasitic snail on your clam....

[kschew1498]

Could it be your lights?

[BarraCudaTM]

I have kept clams in 30degrees water for months .. they have no probelms surviving in that temperature

[nicky30092002]

must be the tangs .. my duo kill 2 nos. clams infront of us!!! repeatly disturb & BITING ... (CLAMS change place also no use )

[jd_n]

Sad day for me....Maxi was doing well yesterday but died today....still trying to track the cause of the death....i suspect it has to do with the temperature (found out that the hose to my chiller was bent resulting in the tank not been cooled - stupid).

Anyway, does anyone knows if clams will died at 30 degree? I've check the other parameters (NH,No2,Na3,CA,PH), except for temperature everything seems fine....is there any other thing that will cause my clam to die all of the sudden? Need help before my other clams start dying....

(PS: Sorry jd_n, didn't take good care of your maxi.... )

oh no....

Anyway, the weird things with clams is sometime they juz die for no apparent reason

[ashidiq]

huh will tangs attack clams ? but i tot tangs are rather reef -safe ?

[BarraCudaTM]

I know at least 3 reefers having hippo tangs nipping at their clams. That includes me

[ashidiq]

is hippo tanh ? regal blue tang ?

[JL27AY]

both my yellow and purple tangs are biting my clams too...

now can't deciede to forgo my tangs or clams ..

haiz...

JL

[Anthony]

my purple tang also nip at 1 of my clams. but after i move it up on my rocks... it stop the habit liao

[tineng]

my purple tang also nip at 1 of my clams. but after i move it up on my rocks... it stop the habit liao

arrghh!!! take explains why one of my calm keep falling from the rocks!

Didn't know that tangs nip at clams....have to figure out a solution. anyway, I don't think that nipping will will cause sudden death of a clam....and my clams does close up fast whenever there is a shadow..

[tineng]

Could it be your lights?

don't thing lighting can cause sudden death

[Fireclown]

Your clam might had toppled over and it's bottom was exposed. Then your tang came had "pook" your clam's bottom.

[tineng]

Your clam might had toppled over and it's bottom was exposed. Then your tang came had "pook" your clam's bottom.

hahaha...funny...anyway, the clam that toppled off was not the one that died....in fact, i think it is doing ok in the tank after i place it in the same bed and added an extra 55w PL tube....unfortuately, tank heating up quite fast....chiller has to work OT to bring the temperature down....

[Guinness]

Your clam might had toppled over and it's bottom was exposed. Then your tang came had "pook" your clam's bottom.

ouch