snail got stuck inside the clam

[andysho]

i was so sad that one snail got stuck inside the clam

after i reached home...its shell was not really opening

to its full~~~ which after i remove it~~

hope no damage was done to it

hope those who keep clams from time to time look out

for those snail that might trap inside the clam

[CalciumReef]

Normally snails will not disturb clams at all...interesting...hope all is well

[FuEl]

Reminds me of the story of the stork and the clam..

[BarraCudaTM]

hrmm .. some snails are known to attack clams

[ben]

I have a tree coral and found some snails always attached to it. After I removed them away, they still come back for the tree coral. These snails are white with round patches of brown color and looks like having some spines. what are these snails and do they eat tree corals?

[andysho]

went for 2 days reservist and just came back and found that

the clam had died and melted , and do a quick test and found that my nitrite level have increase...

any idea beside changing water, what else can i do to bring it

down faster buy using any product or method

thanks a lot

[FuEl]

HMmmm...think there should be products that will quickly detoxify ammonia and nitrite. Alternatively a massive waterchange will work too.

[andysho]

HMmmm...think there should be products that will quickly detoxify ammonia and nitrite. Alternatively a massive waterchange will work too.

i am using nutrafin cycle

anyone using that?

[bum]

some snails like narsarius are scavengers and will attack a clam that

is already weak and dying.

they will leave healthy ones alone.

IMHO, you might wanna look at your water parems and tank specs.

is your lighting strong enough? water circulation? is it healthy overall?

nutrafin cycle is supposedly able to speed up the cycling of a new tank by adding denitrifying bacteria,

in a cycled matured tank, its kinda wasting money.

what skimmer are you running?

a good one will skim out the DOCs quickly, although if

if your N02 is high, you might wanna do a small water change...maybe 10-20%,

large water changes are for emergencies and might affect otherwise

healthy livestock.

your tank should be able to handle small spikes of N02.

but you might still wanna do water changes to reduce N03

[Gouldian]

I have a couple of ceriths that will attached itself to the byssal of the clams, I will usually give them a one way ticket to the loo.

Anyway, I have read somewhere that snails, worms and crab are some critters that may attack and kill clams.

I believe one of my crocea went this way.

[aStRoBo|]

i am using nutrafin cycle

anyone using that?

bro get seachem prime, effective.