Crocea burnt by cracked halide, will it survive?

[dunklerkaiser]

Ive had my crocea for 2+ yrs. THe other day I found one of my halides was cracked, the lights probably ran with the end of the bulb open for about 10 hrs or so before I discovered it. The mantle of the clam looks swollen and discolored. Some of it is not extending at all. One small section looks fairly undamaged, maybe 1/10 of the total.

My question is, what is the ability of clams to recover from being burnt like this? Should I have any hope that it will survive?

[Charlie Davidson]

I had 1 xm 250w bulb that cracked and killed one side of my 125g tank. I hope your Clam recovers, but no one can say for sure! BTW, what was make of bulb, wattage?

[dunklerkaiser]

what do you know, 250 W XM 10K, coincidence.......It was only 2 weeks old.

[Charlie Davidson]

I have had 2-250w xms do the same thing! I will never use another!! $200-$300 loss!!! BTW, I do use 400w 20k xms!

[dunklerkaiser]

THis was the 2nd XM Ive had break, but the other was about a year ago and no casualties. Im thinking of getting the warranty replacement and selling them so I can get something else.

What you you reccomend for a good 250? Ive tried about everything but liked the XM the most, but after this I don't know if I can trust it. Especially if my poor clam dies, probably my favorite inhabitant.

[Lewy]

So what happens when the bulb cracks. How does that effect the occupants of the tank?

[Charlie Davidson]

mine cracked, outer casing fell off, exposing coral to uv. bleached all the coral on that side of tank

[Charlie Davidson]

BTW, since that time (in 250w), I have tried a CV 15k was a good bulb- but, no longer made. they do make a 14k, but it screwed up after 1 month- replacement for it is on the way! I have also tried the halimtons14k , liked color- but growth on corals almost stopped!!!

[dunklerkaiser]

update -

It seems that the clam is reparing its mantle. Up until a couple days ago pretty much all of the mantle was withdrawn except maybe 1/2 inch on one end. Now the extended area is growing! It seems that the clam was able to withdraw the mantle into the shell and repair/nurse it back to health!! I feel a little reassured that it is at least putting up a fight, but not out of the woods yet.

[Charlie Davidson]

:cool: :D