Moving Clams from sandbed - advice?

[jcusmarine]

Searched and saw a couple of threads on removing Clams from LR with a razor blade....

Wanted to ask if there is any difference in moving them from the sandbed? I tested out one of my Clams the other day and gave a gentle tug up and it was firmly in the sandbed....do they attach all the way down to the tank glass or should I just go ahead and carefully pull them out?

Anyone have some guidance. I love my Clams and do not want to risk anything.

Thanks in advance!

 

[xyzpdq0121]

What type of clam?!? Some burry down in the sand and do attach to the glass. If he will not pull up, unless you have a piece of rock under your sand, I would say he is attached to the glass! You can dig around them and use a razor to remove him. My questions is why? If he is happy where he is at, most of the time they should stay.

 

[jcusmarine]

Thanks.

I am moving a Gold Teardrop Maxima and a couple of Crocea's....

As to why, I am changing my main display to LPS/Softy with just a couple of SPS up top....and moving everything else, including the Clams under the HQI lighting in my Nano....I keep having a problem with Xenia and Kenya tree fragging itself and then attaching to my Clams - the frags then grow and cover the mantle, blocking light. I really like all the movement in my display and do not want to get rid of the softies, so I thought it best to protect my Clams and move them to the HQI Nano with no softies to compete with.....

Also, I am running PC lighting on the display and although I have a ton of light, I think it wise to give the Clams the best light possible...I have seen no problems in over a year of keeping the Clams with good growth, but I feel that the HQI lighting would be more suited to their requirements.