Brad!

[DJ88]

Thank you for the offer Andrew but from reading everything happeneing with the clams requiring medication I am highly doubting this has anything to do with that problem. And I don't like medicating something that isn't exhibiting the symptoms for medicating.

We will see what comes in the next few days.

[canadawest]

Darren what's the status of your clams?

My Maxima started showing similar behaviour today!

[Delphinus]

Are you guys absolutely sure there haven't been some kind of heat spikes in your tanks? Absolutely positive beyond all fraction of a reasonable doubt? Because I just find this to be completely odd that there is a string of this happening all at once. I don't think it's the dreaded clam plague, this is happening to clams from different sources and that have been in captivity for completely different lengths of time. The only thing that comes to my mind as being suspect, that we have in common, is that we are experiencing (or have been experiencing) unseasonably warm temps for durations longer than usual. I am pretty sure that it was heat stress from a heat spike my tank suffered a solid month before I saw this behaviour, so there is also a potential delay factor involved.

Anyways I am just rambling. This is my theory ... whether it is sound or not I am not sure.

[Aquattro]

Tony, no heat spikes in my tank whatsoever. The people I've talked to only after having introduced a new clam, all around the same time. Have you been following the thread on RC about this? Symptoms are identical. A poster named Reefdream has (so far) successfully treated this problem with antibiotics.
From memory, all the people on this board reported problems after purchasing a new clam.

[Delphinus]

Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear. I thought what YOU had, Brad, was the "recent clam plague." I am speaking of the "byssal gland though inhalant siphon behaviour" which is NOT this particular disease, but in fact something else. What I am hearing now, is that THIS has now been seen three times (me, DJ88, and Canadawest). But these are not necessarily clams which have had contact with this recent disease plague.

If you ask me, the diseased clams are clams that are from a particular source (perhaps a distributor or wholesaler), or from clams that have had contact with other clams from said unnamed source. Just my thoughts though, not based on anything but my own speculation. I have been following the threads on RC, but only loosely, I have not had a lot of time recently to be frequenting a lot of the other boards.

[ 25 July 2002, 11:12: Message edited by: delphinus ]

[Delphinus]

Sorry to hear it. But comments still apply. How on earth would your clams get the disease if they had no contact with any carrier? You said you've had this clam for a while. Have you put any new purchases (other than clams) into your tank recently? Unless so, I think you need to look elsewhere for your explanation. Heat is only one possibility -- I gave you that suggestion because it is one thing that coincidentally applies to both your story and mine -- quite warm weather for our cities.

FWIW, mine never spewed. It just died. It's not impossible that it was starvation too. If a person needs an ambient NO3 of 5ppm, unfortunately, I cannot get my NO3 to detectable level. I am still not certain exactly how much food these guys need. I have switched from dumping DT's and ESV's in at night to doing so in the morning -- I'm not certain if clams are actively feeding after lights out, so despite that I was feeding DT's, maybe I was feeding at the wrong time and thus diluting its overall effectiveness.

[ 25 July 2002, 14:17: Message edited by: delphinus ]

[MitchM]

Originally posted by delphinus:
What I am hearing now, is that THIS has now been seen three times (me, DJ88, and Canadawest).

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">uh, make that 4....my smallest guy (1-1/2") is showing the occassional tongue lately.... ;)

:(

Mitch

[One_Divided]

don't forget me too.. that makes 5..

[ 25 July 2002, 17:22: Message edited by: One_Divided ]

[DJ88]

Tony,

I had introduced a new clam in. Tho I seriously dobt this is the cause. I went back and thought about it and shortly after the new derasa went in there was a spike in my tank. The 3-4 degree swings I have now I am betting are the cause of this death. Put it this way. Before I buy another clam I am investing in a chiller. Easy as that.

How do you feel when the temperature outside fluctuates a lot? Like crap right?

[DJ88]

And then there were none......
:(