jadams7 Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Ok so I got a sweet squamosa clam yesterday from JonBoy (thanks man!), got it in the tank once we got home last night, seemed to be doing just fine, and today when I got home from work it started shooting its whiteish fluids every couple of minutes or so. Its been doing it now for about 30-40 minutes. I am assuming this is it spawning, likely due to the stress from the move. The water doesn't seem to be cloudy, skimmer is doing its thing, all other corals seem lie their usual happy selves. Question is, should I do anything (more or less flow, turn off the lights, water change, etc) or just let it 'finish' for lack of a better term? I do not have any other clams in the tank, and have it in pretty low flow as is. Salinity is right where I usually run it, and I am going to go check the rest of the parameters right now to make sure everything is on par for where it usually is. I grabbed a video of it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelhead77 Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 My experience has been that once it spawns, it lasts only another day or two before it dies. I've had two do that on me. Hopefully you're experience will be different, but keep a close eye on it. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoralCrazy Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 The one I had do it also died. I hope yours turns out better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadams7 Posted July 10, 2012 Author Share Posted July 10, 2012 Thanks for the info. I'll keep a close eye on it and hope it doesn't end up dying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunMonahan Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Cool video and nice derasa clam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylaster Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 I have purposely spawned clams and never had them die. You should always do a 25% water change after a spawning event. The reason being is that bacteria attacks the spawn and starts to break it down in 24hrs. This can lead to elevated ammonia / nitrite / nitrate levels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadams7 Posted July 10, 2012 Author Share Posted July 10, 2012 Thanks for the info Roy. I will do a wc tonight. Early this morning before work it looked to still be alive and reacting to me walking by the tank, so hopefully I have a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylaster Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Normally clams should never die after spawning, not sure what happened to the people who had them die. Could have been too much stress, poor tank conditions, lack of water change after spawning event... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocboat Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 How's the clam doing? And I agree with Shaun, that is a nice derasa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadams7 Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 Ok so a couple days later, the clam seems to still be doing fine. Getting used to the tank, opening up more and more, and still reacts and closes every time someone walks by. Here is a picture I snapped today. I am planning on doing about a 30-40% water change here this evening as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bswe22 Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Very nice clam!!! Glad to see that it is still alive. Nice tank by the way!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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