found a clam

burntricer · 11-02-2009, 02:43 PM

so i found a clam in my zoa's...

ill get a pic as soon as i can.

HOWEVER, can a clam nuke a tank if it dies? although my tank has been up almost 8 months i have no where NEAR the lighting to support it.

i have a 48w actinic and a 48w t8 power glo....

so what should i do?

Tab964 · 11-02-2009, 04:13 PM

There have been several small clams I have found attached to varies peices of live rock and coral pieces in my tank. Many on them I never notice until they would clear the sand from there area when on the bottom. Mine have never gotten big, in comparison to the choice clams like maxima or even a corcea. Mine lived for years near the bottom hidden in creavices of rocks almost no light. If they are the same as I had they never got to big (always less than 1") and no color to the mantle looks like the kind you eat the restaurants only smaller. So at that size no impact on water. And mine have been almost buried in the sand or and the bottom of live rock and lived for years.

l3fty999 · 11-02-2009, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by burntricer

so i found a clam in my zoa's...

ill get a pic as soon as i can.

HOWEVER, can a clam nuke a tank if it dies? although my tank has been up almost 8 months i have no where NEAR the lighting to support it.

i have a 48w actinic and a 48w t8 power glo....

so what should i do?

What should you do? Just keep an eye on it like you do with everything else in your tank. I have a few hitchhiker clams myself and they seem to be filter feeders, not really needing any special light. As far as I know, they're not like nudibrachs or anemones that release toxins besides the normal waste products from decay. I'm not an expert by any means, but I'm reasonably sure there's no reason to panic.

Aaron

seafansar · 11-02-2009, 07:00 PM

It should be fine. What color is the mantle and how big is it? Like the others have said, there are little clams that can hitchhike on rocks and will do just fine with little to no light. I have some in my sump. They get no light, just filter feed.

Oh and if it dies, it won't nuke the tank. Unless of course it's a huge clam and causes a ammonia spike, but that would have to be a pretty big clam.

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Tab964 Bryozoan Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 48 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: found a clam There have been several small clams I have found attached to varies peices of live rock and coral pieces in my tank. Many on them I never notice until they would clear the sand from there area when on the bottom. Mine have never gotten big, in comparison to the choice clams like maxima or even a corcea. Mine lived for years near the bottom hidden in creavices of rocks almost no light. If they are the same as I had they never got to big (always less than 1") and no color to the mantle looks like the kind you eat the restaurants only smaller. So at that size no impact on water. And mine have been almost buried in the sand or and the bottom of live rock and lived for years.

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seafansar Elegance coral Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Deltona, FL Posts: 1,190 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: found a clam It should be fine. What color is the mantle and how big is it? Like the others have said, there are little clams that can hitchhike on rocks and will do just fine with little to no light. I have some in my sump. They get no light, just filter feed. Oh and if it dies, it won't nuke the tank. Unless of course it's a huge clam and causes a ammonia spike, but that would have to be a pretty big clam. __________________ -Sara SW since Jan. '08 150 gallon SPS reef 20 gallon BTA/clown tank 90 gallon bowfront mixed reef 45 gallon cube 150 tank thread 45 cube thread My Reefnook

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