Crocea Clam Spawning

[viperfish]

The tank is all cleared up this morning. I'm very fussy about having my w/c water identical to my DT water, salinity, temp, and brand are all the same between the two. I haven't done anything different than I always have so I don't think I have shocked it in any way.

[Aquattro]

Well that's good. I've had them spawn just for fun, but more often from shock. If your tank is clear and everyone is happy, then that's perfect

[christyf5]

Maybe it was a full moon? Always a neat experience as long as you can deal with the cleanup (if its needed). Never had any of my clams spawn though, but my snails do it all the time

[viperfish]

No cleanup necessary. The tank cleared up in a few hours. Although I did plug a filter sock overnight!

[christyf5]

Perfect!! Tony has told me some interesting stories of his clam spawns

[Delphinus]

Certainly once they (the clams) get bigger, the bigger the spawning events - and seems if one goes, another might join in too. I've had a couple clam spawn events that went undetected for too long (e.g. happened when I was at work or something) and the resultant biomatter in the water column began to decay and caused an O2 starvation in the tank .. and I lost fish (they simply suffocated). So definitely something to get on top of right away - do a water change, change the carbon, reset the skimmer, etc. One or two smaller clams might not be as a problem as having a few larger ones (or a larger number of them) go off, like I had that time that I lost fish.

[viperfish]

Good to know. I have four clams in my tank, two of them are very small and from what I can tell it was only the Crocea. The corals love it judging by the polyp extension!