crocea clam stringy muscusy stuff from byssus

[skierajs]

I've had this green crocea for 3+ months now. It seems to be a rather messy guy - there is always stringy material around / coming from its foot or byssal region.

It is sitting flat on a rock and attached (although recently has moved some of its own accord).

Is the mucus / stringy stuff happening because the clam is irritated? The clam is downstream from my tree leather - maybe it is chemical? (see another thread about my debate on whether to get rid of the tree leather).

 

[skierajs]

I think it is actually byssal threads left on the rock when it moves. It has moved away from the light to a shadier area of all things. Probably because it is a greenish brownish crocea that was doing just fine under my PC lights before (although was higher up in the tank before)...