Clams Open and close

[mansiz]

Hi bros, my clams have been extending its mantle and closing it whenever a fish swims pass, I already place it in a place with little fish activity. Is is because it is still not use to the environment?

[Qxnviolet]

Yes....once the clams get used to it, they won't close even if fishes brushes against them. How long have the clams been in there? Don't shift them too much, let them settle down and they'll get used to all the activity around them.

[mansiz]

Today is the 3rd day. Saw something from another post, the opening is oval means something bad about the clam, but how come I see all the clams are oval?

[colinsoon]

so all clams are bad?

[mansiz]

Now the clam is opening up very big, mantles extending well, and colour looks bright too. But the Oval hole is very big, is it a bad sign?

[searching4dan]

i juz got a clam todae oso

have been opening well for awhile

as i place it on a LR 3inch above sand level

after all the sudden i found it on the seabed..

it shifted itself??

then now it doesnt open as big as it is juz now liao

then i kept opening and closing itself real hard even there is no fish ard..

can see it jerking whenever it closes..

wat might possible cause it to react this way??

water parameter??

btw does the temperature affect it oso??

[xersion]

ur ls throw ur clam off? try to place it back on top again.. but take note of whats happening

[M4rk4nth]

Some particles may have gotten into it from the fall. sand or a small snail/crustacean may have gotten into the hole. Hence its trying to expel it by opening and closing forcefully.

[searching4dan]

umm.. i observe it for 3hrs yesterdae..

its like jerking itself off the LRs by jetting small powerful stream of water out..

causing itself to move left right and forward, each time, depending on how it jerks..

so once it lose its balance, it will fall off the edge of that LRs

and eat sand..

its like telling me " i prefer the sand damn it"..

my is a concrea btw..

so any others idea wat this clam wants??

lol..

[xersion]

put it on ur sand bed then

[Dazza]

it is still trying to find a comfy object to attach itself to... put it onto a small piece of rock on the sand ... gv it a couple of days to attach its "strings" .. then u can just move it higher up attached to the small piece of rock...

[searching4dan]

good idea.. thanks dazza..