mysterious tridacna death...

[soglf]

110g, chem. was fine, multiple anemones and fishes all fine, recent water change, adding small dose of Ca, and the clam died. Any thoughts?

 

[RayD]

110g, chem. was fine, multiple anemones and fishes all fine, recent water change, adding small dose of Ca, and the clam died. Any thoughts?

At the 6 month mark by any chance?

 

[Greg Hiller]

What species of clam, how long did you have, and how much light?

 

[RayD]

I've had little luck with t.Crocea and t.Maxima past the six month mark.

t.Squamosa and t.Deresa on the other hand have done very well for me.

 

[Aquaman_68]

look for shells the size of a grain of rice....

These are called Pyramid snails...They will attack the clam at the foot & suck juice from the clam....They will eventually kill the clam if they go untreated...(manual scrubbing of shells to remove eggs & also removing the suckers on the bottom near the foot...)If your diligent you can erradicate them...if you don't remove them they will overpopulate & eat the clam alive!!!

The big clams are not affected as much cause they are so large...the PS can't make a dent on them!!!