HELP..clam shrinking!!!

[six66]

to all clam sifoos,

i bot a 2in calm 1 week ago, it was doing fine until this morning, it shrunk!!!usually when my t5s are on it sorta grow big but this morning it doesnt!!!i hv a bicolor dwarf angel but i didnt see it nibbing on it.what could it be??all of a sudden??

so i quickly moved it into my sump but no changes.it use to respond well to my hands.everytime i fiddle with my tank it shrinks but not today.i feed it with aquaz pytho every alternative day.reason of buying clams = to keep no3 low..maybe i should hv kept it in the sump any solutions

pls advise....bro chinmo you there??anyone ...pls reply

thanking in advance

[LoReNsIa]

clam take in calcium dude.. not plython.. this wad i noe lah,, don flame mi..

juz my 2cent..

[chinmo]

clam take in calcium dude.. not plython.. this wad i noe lah,, don flame mi..

juz my 2cent..

clams take phyto as food. calcium is for shell growth. without these 2, ur clams will not grow...

[chinmo]

to all clam sifoos,

i bot a 2in calm 1 week ago, it was doing fine until this morning, it shrunk!!!usually when my t5s are on it sorta grow big but this morning it doesnt!!!i hv a bicolor dwarf angel but i didnt see it nibbing on it.what could it be??all of a sudden??

so i quickly moved it into my sump but no changes.it use to respond well to my hands.everytime i fiddle with my tank it shrinks but not today.i feed it with aquaz pytho every alternative day.reason of buying clams = to keep no3 low..maybe i should hv kept it in the sump any solutions

pls advise....bro chinmo you there??anyone ...pls reply

thanking in advance

hw many t5s u using? what's e distance between ur t5s and ur clam? 2 inch clam would need phyto to grow... not no3.

[six66]

too late..my clam perished....boo hoo

dymax 20w T5NO,1x 10k 1xactinic,distance abt 7-8 inch from light source...total height 1.5 ft

i love clams especially chinmo's.... will upgarde my lightings to aquaz T5HO this time..will it be sufficent 2xHO 2XNO??for clams??

so how big a size of clams to control NO3??

anyway what could be the reason of my clam dying??what should i do next time??preventions??pls advise

[chinmo]

too late..my clam perished....boo hoo

dymax 20w T5NO,1x 10k 1xactinic,distance abt 7-8 inch from light source...total height 1.5 ft

i love clams especially chinmo's.... will upgarde my lightings to aquaz T5HO this time..will it be sufficent 2xHO 2XNO??for clams??

so how big a size of clams to control NO3??

anyway what could be the reason of my clam dying??what should i do next time??preventions??pls advise

not sure hw to prevent also.... hope other clam fanatic will chime in.... in my case those clams that shrink... will die for sure. 1.5 ft too far liao, best place ur maxima or crocea just below the water surface. so it be 3-4 inches away from t5s only.

imo, alot of clams and clams of 1 ft in shell will do somethin to lower the no3. squamosa and derasa the best!

[shoelevy]

recently my clam also suffered the same fate as yours

the only difference is mine was doing well for a mth before sth this unfortunate happened.

what's puzzling is my water parameters are nothing less than perfect

i sourced around different websites and forums to find out the cause and there were many different explanations

from www.clamdirect.com i got the info as my cleaner shrimp nibbling on the clam stressing it and causing it to die

from wetwebmedia, the author told another reefer with the same problem in a faq session that clams are known to die suddenly without a reason

henry from ml told me that it could very well be a viral attack

for me all 3 are very possible explanations...definitely need to read up more and possibly ask more people before i can conclude what was the cause of the death of the clam

[limbssg]

good research by shoelevy

many times we will never know the true reason why our clams, LS die....

give them the best possible tank conditions and hope they will last.

[six66]

n all this while i tot clams r hardy....how wrong was i

why are clams attached to rocks a better buy??mone doesnt, maybe thats y its not as hardy...just my 2 cents

anyway guys thx for the input

[Oceandeep]

a healthy clam is with the rock, the mantle is fully open n is very

nice grow color on the mantle. also make sure no snail on them.

so when choosing, see all the abv. best u get them from a good lfs.

[limbssg]

To save on freight charge, sometimes crocea clams are not attached to a rock.