Sorry dudeUgh, I think she's done. She started gaping this morning and hasn't closed since
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So sorryUgh, I think she's done. She started gaping this morning and hasn't closed since
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Thanks Sharis - I know you recently lost some Maximas...when did you remove them from the tank?So sorry
My clam is gaping but still retracts when a shadow passes over it so I'm a little confused.
Obviously I don't want it decomposing in the tank but if its still got some fight in it...I'd like to give it every chance I can...
When you can see a hole or when the mantle retracts so that you can see the other out the other side it is dead. They will retract and react to light, but they are goners and on their way out once they retract and are pinched. I think it is residual reflex. If you don’t remove, and your system is not big enough water volume, it can cause issues. Also, your looks past that point in the photo
. I think that the clams we are shipping in must be carrying some sort of disease. When I shipped in the clams, they wiped out all the others, even my oldest long term clam. I don’t know what disease, I know it was not parasitic, and the water parameters were perfect, which is why I suspect a clam based disease 
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I removed the big crocea from the DT Monday 
I moved the little crocea from the sandbed to the top of the rockwork. Partly because I didn't understand what happened to the big one and just as a thought maybe it wasn't getting enough light on the sandbed? I'm not sure but we'll see how the little guy does on top.
I also went to Nemo to buy some emerald crabs and they had some baby ~2" ultra croceas. These looked to be aquacultured because all of the scutes were in tact...so I got one and put it in the Lowboy.
I moved the little crocea from the sandbed to the top of the rockwork. Partly because I didn't understand what happened to the big one and just as a thought maybe it wasn't getting enough light on the sandbed? I'm not sure but we'll see how the little guy does on top.
I also went to Nemo to buy some emerald crabs and they had some baby ~2" ultra croceas. These looked to be aquacultured because all of the scutes were in tact...so I got one and put it in the Lowboy.
Any pics?I removed the big crocea from the DT Monday
I moved the little crocea from the sandbed to the top of the rockwork. Partly because I didn't understand what happened to the big one and just as a thought maybe it wasn't getting enough light on the sandbed? I'm not sure but we'll see how the little guy does on top.
I also went to Nemo to buy some emerald crabs and they had some baby ~2" ultra croceas. These looked to be aquacultured because all of the scutes were in tact...so I got one and put it in the Lowboy.
Here you go
Dang! You did get the nicer one. I just went and picked one up as well. It's nice, but not that nice. You scored big time there! Love the markings on the mantle.
Did you get the bigger one of the 2 left?
Nemo doesn't get crocea in too often and I honestly was going to buy that one as well but...my better sense got to me, lol.
Nemo doesn't get crocea in too often and I honestly was going to buy that one as well but...my better sense got to me, lol.
haha yeah, I got the bigger one. I'm done for clams, this is my 3rd. However, I am not too attached to my squamosa, so I might swapped that out with a different one if I find one.
Simon had a wild gold maxima, but its mantle wasn't fully out, else I would have got that one too.
Just an update
Omg wtf happened to my fire shrimp? His pinchers and legs are gone and the antenna are half length?
Did my yellow coris do it? Emerald crabs? My cleaner?
Will the legs grow back? Can it eat without the pinchers?
Did my yellow coris do it? Emerald crabs? My cleaner?
Will the legs grow back? Can it eat without the pinchers?
Do you see signs of a bad molt? Otherwise it's predatory damage unless it got caught up in a pump or something like that. My cleaner shrimp occasionally loses most of an antenna or half of a leg and it always grows back as he molts.
Ive got the shrimp in isolation currently. I’ve read that after a few molts he should be back to normal...however without his pinchers I’m not sure how he’ll eat.
I also figured that the coris is probably hitting puberty and, we’ll, who knows.
I reckon like everything else in the reef tank - it’s paradise until it’s not.
I also figured that the coris is probably hitting puberty and, we’ll, who knows.
I reckon like everything else in the reef tank - it’s paradise until it’s not.
beautiful tank. How is the coris doing? That is the wrasse I want to put in my 40 breeder someday.
He's doing ok. I have 2 in there - the big one is turning male, I think, with the facial markings. The little one will probably turn female.
They've been fine together thus far and hopefully they continue to play nice as they get older.
They spook easy sometimes, so make sure you have a lid.
They've been fine together thus far and hopefully they continue to play nice as they get older.
They spook easy sometimes, so make sure you have a lid.
I had a yellow coris, currently have a white and yellow coris and never had any problems with my inverts. This yellow/white is brand new so I hope it doesn’t mess with my shrimp. I have a peppermint and a rather large fore shrimp
Well the coris were fine with the shrimp. And then I added 4 emerald crabs.
I haven't seen the emeralds in about a week...so I'm not sure what happened to them. And then, obviously my fire shrimp got beat up.
My working hypothesis is that the coris took out all 4 emerald crabs, developed a taste for crustaceans, and went after the fire shrimp. The only hole in my theory is that my cleaner shrimp is the same size as the fire, and the cleaner is unscathed.
I haven't seen the emeralds in about a week...so I'm not sure what happened to them. And then, obviously my fire shrimp got beat up.
My working hypothesis is that the coris took out all 4 emerald crabs, developed a taste for crustaceans, and went after the fire shrimp. The only hole in my theory is that my cleaner shrimp is the same size as the fire, and the cleaner is unscathed.
