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Posted: December 22 2009 at 5:23pm |
I have a clam that I don't know whats going on with it? I think its dieing. What should I do now with the clam? 
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Posted: December 22 2009 at 5:27pm |
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is there something wrong with it or do you have something out of balance? If you need a place to temporary house it, you could throw it into my frag tank.
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Posted: December 22 2009 at 5:27pm |
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I would guess that it needs sand under it. Clams like sand to put their foot into.
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Posted: December 22 2009 at 5:32pm |
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well for starts it was in the main tank right by a bigger clam on a rock. Everything was good with it. I had this clam for about 8 mouths now. The footing on the clam was connected to a rock and it just fallen of today. I talked with someone else and they said it was dieing and to take it out. What city to you live in chk4tix?
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Posted: December 22 2009 at 5:36pm |
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Im in Kaysville, just off of angel street
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Posted: December 22 2009 at 5:38pm |
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I will run it by your house if thats cool. If you can keep it alive you can have it
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Posted: December 22 2009 at 5:42pm |
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I'm still at work for a little bit, but Rachel is home so you could drop it off to her.
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Posted: December 22 2009 at 5:43pm |
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ok are you PM me you address
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Posted: December 22 2009 at 5:46pm |
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pmed ya
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Posted: December 22 2009 at 5:57pm |
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FYI - hate to be the bearer of bad news ... but of the hundreds of clams I've had - I've never seen one come back after they have receded that far. In fact, I'd bet when you take it out it stinks pretty bad.
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Posted: December 22 2009 at 6:05pm |
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Shane your probably right on this one
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Posted: December 22 2009 at 7:20pm |
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there was no smell to it. But whats the causes of this? We other clams that 2nd its size is doing good. Still should I worry about the 2nd clam?
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Posted: December 22 2009 at 8:24pm |
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I just got home, I havent even had a chance to go look at the clam yet. The weather out in the SLC area SUCKS....I even slid and hit a curb...grrrrrr
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Posted: December 22 2009 at 9:08pm |
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No idea what causes that. Could be a number of things. I would get an order of 100 clams, and two would do that in a couple days, while the rest of the order would thrive. Tough call. I'd just verify water quality, make sure you dont have any parasites, that you have the right lighting. Could just be that the foot was torn from the fall, and it got an infection and died. But you just never know.
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Posted: December 22 2009 at 10:33pm |
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I would guess that it needs sand under it. Clams like sand to put their foot into.
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Depends on the type of clam.
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Posted: December 22 2009 at 10:41pm |
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The clam's foot been on that rock for a long time. The clam look like its was getting infection somehow and then ended up falling for the rock. The Clams love the light that I have. I still have one more clam and it's always wide open. Im looking for parasites but cant find any.So Im try on looking
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Posted: December 23 2009 at 12:47pm |
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Well, the clam didnt make it. It was goo this morning. Oh well, it was worth a try.
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Posted: December 23 2009 at 2:13pm |
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Well thank you anyways
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