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05-13-2004, 06:49 PM
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| Scopas Tang  |  clams Hi everyone, just a quick question. I ordered a clam of the internet and they said it would be sent nxt day delivery, well i haven't recived it  and i was woundering how you could tell if it was dead {god forbid}. All so if it looks ok and you put it in to your tank and it dies what can it do to the tank ect, ect.I have spoke to Wooddood [Dave] and he said it would be a good idea to start a thread and see what other peoples experices they have had with them if any. Thanks for reading. Sarah xxxx |
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05-13-2004, 07:35 PM
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| Golden Moray  | Sarah, I'm not experienced with clams but I'm moving this to the clam forum so more experienced people can
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05-13-2004, 07:48 PM
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| the wood dude   | johnny most online vendors always say to never not accept the shipment or they wont cover any dead fish,corals ect. i dont know if this company has that policy or not because sarah said it was a company in the u.k. so i think sarah should get on line again and read thier shipping policies first before not accepting the shipment. just my 2 cents. i myself have never ordered any clams online so i assume the clam will be closed up when it does arrive and i dont know if clams normally stink in shipment or not. i just would hate for her to put a dead clam in her tank and have problems or possibly a tank crash. so i know she needs more experienced clam people to give her some info.
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05-13-2004, 10:12 PM
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| Manta Ray  | Sarah, I've ordered clams on the 'net but it was from Clamsdirect, (this was before Barry became one of our sponsors) so my experiances w/ the service side of things wont be much help. Both of my Maxima's arrived healthy, and I immediately began to to slowly acclimate them to my tanks conditions.....took about 3 hours. One clam was open and looking gaping to me, the other was tightly shut, like a pissed off clam which had been stuffed ina plastic bag for the last 12 hours probably would be....  They both survived just fine. Although the one which was gaping has since died.... , that was not related to the shipping. I'm still not real sure what went wrong w/ it, but my tank is having some problems right now...so its tough to say.I would opt for re-reading the shipping agreement from where you ordered the clam from. If they wont replace any dead critters unless you accept it,then accept it. You cannot miss a dead marine animal....the smell is horrendous! HTH, Nick
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05-14-2004, 07:08 AM
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| the wood dude | thanks nick, i see you got my pm. thanks for responding.
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05-14-2004, 11:00 AM
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| Yoda Poohbah~   | hi sarah, glad everything worked out ok. i got home late in the wee hours of the morning due to overtime at work, and i saw you were well taken care of by these fine folks, so i didnt post at 4am. hes a pretty clam, after a week or so and hes adjusted fullly to the tank post in the vendor experiences area about this shipment. Dave
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05-15-2004, 12:43 AM
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| Manta Ray | Great Looking Maxima!!! Glad to see it went well! Nick
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09-16-2004, 11:34 AM
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| The Wand Geek was here. ;)   | Pretty clam sarah 
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09-16-2004, 12:45 PM
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| Manta Ray | Maffu, I'd love to see some of your new clam pics.....care to post any? Nick
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