pinched mantle

[loubee]

Is pinched mantle infectious to other clams? I've had a few clams doing really well for almost a year and recently added some new ones & think they have introduced problems... now loosing them (old & new). Is the best thing daily freshwater dips?

Thanks, Lou

[jenajet]

You might want to ask this in the general discussion forum. I just got my first clam and havnt dealt with anything like this. You will get a much faster response because it is a busier part of the site. Sorry I couldn't help.

[loubee]

Thanks Jena, I'll try that

[Wiskey]

From what I haar pinched mantle can be infectious, but IME 1 FWD is usually enough to make it go away for a few days at least,.. sometimes it comes back a week or so later and another dip needs to be done, but I don't think daily dips would be good for your clam at all.

Could you tell us how your doing your FWD? The most luck I ever had I left the clam (this one was in bad shape) in the FWD for 25 min or so. I didn't mean to leave it in there that long but I didn't hear the 15 min timer go off. It worked so well though that in the future I may just do that on purpose.

Could you also give us more data on your tank setup? Often times other stressors like lack of light, light shock, nipping fish, perams out of wack etc can manafest themselfs as what looks like pinched mantle initally.

Also, what speices of clam are we talking about here? Can you get any pics?

Thanks!
Whiskey

[jenajet]

Been doing some research just in case. Found this and it's a good read on two major issues with clams, one being pinched mantle.
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-09/jf/index.php