I need help With my maxima clam

quillin35

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so I bought a maxima clam about three weeks ago. my question is about; What can I do differently in my tank or with my clam to allow to relax fully and open up? I have moved it up and down in my tank. its now back in the sand. I have checked its byssal gland nothing seems to be wrong, no snails, it attached to a couple pieces of rock. Lost has what I can do next...

parameters:
ph 8.2
nitrites,ammonia 0
nitrates 5ppm
phospates between .1 to .2 api test kit
calcium 480 red sea test kit
mag 1400 red sea test kit

tank: 54g corner bow front
lighting: 250w mh
salt used: red sea pro salt
 

szavoda

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Play soothing music?

Couple of things that I might be tempted to try:

1. You Phos reading seem quite high. Do you run GFO?
2. Water seems cloudy in the pic - or is that just the pic quality? Can you / do you run carbon?
3. You may want to reduce the lighting intensity for a few days to see if the clam likes it more.
4. How old is the tank?
5. Any chance there are other critter messing with it - what inverts do you have?


Shawn
 

quillin35

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I think its the quality.. I will try running carbon for a few days.. should I try and move it into the shade? shorten the light by how much? my mh runs for 9 hrs and actinic 10 hrs. the only things I see crawling on are the crabs, I have trying to remove them and just put them in the sump. 8 months old
 

szavoda

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It is not about the period of light but rather the intensity when acclimating something. Just see if you can raise the MH up 12 inches and see how that does. 9 dkh is good. Also - if the Phos #'s are accurate look at running GFO as well. Try to get it down to .05 or so.
 

szavoda

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Reactors are best as the media surface area is maximized as the media tumbles. Two Little Fishies has a inexpensive dual model if I remember correctly. But a media bag is perfectly fine to get things kick started. I would suspect your GFO will get exhausted must faster than your carbon as it cleans up the phosphate in the system.
 

szavoda

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Yea - just put the clam in one corner of the tank and shade it a bit so it is getting more ambient light and see how it reacts over the course of a day or two.
 

SkyShark

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You can do layers of window screen from Home Depot to shade the clam. Start with a few layers and remove them one at a time
 

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SkyShark;346119 said:
You can do layers of window screen from Home Depot to shade the clam. Start with a few layers and remove them one at a time
ya this prolly the better idea, moving it around all the time is could just keep it upset and wont help it open up any sooner imo. but I would say the bigger issue is the parms. get those inline and I'd bet he opens up
 
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Andrew_bram;346124 said:
Any chance it's a pinched mantle
Ya actually looking at the clam in the photo, it doesnt look like a maxima, its shell is smoother then usual for a maxima. Are you sure of what kind it is?
 
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quillin35

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Yes it does a little i will take a picture later today, they said it was at aquamart...can anything be done about the pinched mantle?
 
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