Squamosa in trouble

[softbal4]

i have a large 5 inch squamosa. everything was fine, then yesturday it appeared to be closed and its mantle ( i hope that is the correct term) was not extended. this morning i noticed that it was retracted quite a bit? is it a goner? I fed it 2 days ago and it was fine...what could have caused this. the other 2 clams in my tank are fine. thanks, jen

[cristhiam]

how did you feed it?

[Me No Nemo]

I had a similiar experience with mine, then I saw some cleaner shrimp hanging on it. I did a fresh water dip and the next day it opened again. Not sure what was wrong but it's almost new again. Good luck. Marcye

[The steven liu]

One thing to check is if anything has invated it from its underside. Sometime they can get a preditor coming in from the bysal glans and we can't see it.

[softbal4]

well i feed it with dt. i think there is no chance of survival. now it seems as if all the crabs are starting to check out what is going on. should i attempt to dip it or just take it out? i am soooo po'ed it was huge and pretty

[cristhiam]

DTs is good but if you spot feed it you could of choke the clam :(, just feed the tank. I don't know if that's what happened, sorry. If you dip it it probably won't survive the dip at this stage.

[softbal4]

so what to do? that sucks. i thought it needed to be spot fed.

[Me No Nemo]

If it's really bad anyway, I would try to dip it. Mine looked awful and after the dip came slowly back. GL

[capt. insano]

my gigas looked to be on its last legs a week or so ago....I thought for sure it was dead.

But I made on last inspection of its underside and found a couple of small pyramid snails. I cleaned them off and later that night checked again and there were tons on the bottom of the clam. I placed him in the sump (to get him away fromn the other clams). Every night, I removed him and manually removed the snails. I brushed the shell and the shells of the other clams every other night with a tooth brush.

He looks almost like new.

[mbbuna]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6894881#post6894881 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by capt. insano
I placed him in the sump (to get him away fromn the other clams).

check all your other clams

[capt. insano]

I have been and I have been brushing them as well

[mbbuna]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6897659#post6897659 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by capt. insano
I have been and I have been brushing them as well

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