Aquabucket
03/05/2006, 09:37 AM
After almost a year togethor with my Derasa clam it was time for the little fella to go.
After transfering everything to a new tank my neon goby started to perch on top of my 6" clam (grown from a 1.5" baby). At first I did not think much of it as I only seen it do this a few times.
Soon a white area started appearing on the clam were the goby was blocking light. Then I saw the goby start to nip at the white area as if it was clearing a spot for itself. That was the last straw and out came the goby.
Its been a little over a week and the clam has regained about 80% of its color back in that spot and looks like its going to be back to full color in a week or less.
I was surprised how fast the clam had regenerated its symbiotic algae.
It just goes to show you never know how your livestock can behave with other organisms, especially those from opposite ends of the world.
After doing some thinking I wondered if this can be the same reason that some clam keepers have also had problems with cleaner shrimp picking at their clams.
At first the cleaners simply hang out along the clam seemingly doing no harm. Soon the symbiotic algae declines and white spots appear due to the shading of light from the shrimp. Once the algae is gone in a small area the clam tissue becomes palpable to the shrimp and they beging feeding on it.
Just a thought to ponder.
After transfering everything to a new tank my neon goby started to perch on top of my 6" clam (grown from a 1.5" baby). At first I did not think much of it as I only seen it do this a few times.
Soon a white area started appearing on the clam were the goby was blocking light. Then I saw the goby start to nip at the white area as if it was clearing a spot for itself. That was the last straw and out came the goby.
Its been a little over a week and the clam has regained about 80% of its color back in that spot and looks like its going to be back to full color in a week or less.
I was surprised how fast the clam had regenerated its symbiotic algae.
It just goes to show you never know how your livestock can behave with other organisms, especially those from opposite ends of the world.
After doing some thinking I wondered if this can be the same reason that some clam keepers have also had problems with cleaner shrimp picking at their clams.
At first the cleaners simply hang out along the clam seemingly doing no harm. Soon the symbiotic algae declines and white spots appear due to the shading of light from the shrimp. Once the algae is gone in a small area the clam tissue becomes palpable to the shrimp and they beging feeding on it.
Just a thought to ponder.