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If you look on the inside of the shell you can see where its last put on new shell. The black arrows point to where the clam had been putting on new shell when it was healthy and the white arrows point to clean white shell that the clam is laying down now. You can see how far back its receded

If your using iron based phosphate removers remove them right away and replace with lots of fresh carbon in a reactor or canister filter. A bag of carbon just laying in the sump isnt going to work, the water needs to be forced through the carbon. You could try a short (15minutes) fresh water...

have you tried to cover the clam at all? find something clear that will cover the clam, allow flow and keep all fish away from it and cover it.

There is no correlation between color and growth AFAIK. Some just grow faster then others. Since we are on the topic of color now, this is how clams get their colors. http://www.reef-geeks.com/forums/clam-g ... -come.html

Its a mix of waste and zoox. Clams are constantly regulating the amount of zoox in the ZTS so as light and nutrient levels change excess zoox are expelled. They also expel dead,dieing or old zoox this way. 2" maxima, anywhere from 1 to 2 years old 2" crocea, anywhere from 2 to 4 years old

They look great. The stores around here never get colorful clams. Just because the clams are small dosent mean they need to be feed phytoplankton. All that stuff about clams under 2" or what ever not being able to sustain themselves through photosynthesis alone is BS. Feed them phyto if you...

Race, im really getting tied of you constantly lumping PAF/BlueZoo together like this. Dave has explained many time how they are two different companies run separately. Yes he own part of both but they are not one and the same, cant you get this?

Heres a different clam from a different angle By chris_barb at 2007-05-13

Typically you will see an upward and inward curling of the mantle and many times there will also be slim coming from where the shell and mantle meet. By chris_barb at 2007-05-13

Thats not pinched mantle. Pinched mantle has very distinct symptoms and your clam is showing non of them. You have a fish nipping at the clam. The blennie in the first photo is a clam nipper but it may be another fish thats doing it. Can you list all fish you have? For now cut the top off of...

You can still get aragonite based sand at Lowes and HD if you know where to look. Here is the magical, mythical, no longer available southdown sand, in stock at Lowes. http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=p ... lpage=none

Hows this for class. I just heard from one of my members thats also(was) a member of RC and they were just banned for the comment they made on the reef builders "blog". That comment was " agreed Chris" WTF? They hadn't even made a single post on RC since before this mess. So what is reef...

Naesco, Thanks so much for your contributions to this thread. Unfortunately, with absolutely zero past or current involvement in the trade of marine ornamentals there are some folks here is this community that might take your comments somewhat lightly. I respect your efforts and hope that you...

Oh please, spare me. From here http://www.reefbuilders.com/2009/07/15/ ... -counting/ :roll: disgusting isnt it

I dont think you should be allowed to comment. You remove other peoples comments on MOFIB, you should have yours removed here so you know how it feels :mrgreen: But your censoring comments from anyone that doesn't think your just doing a swell job. And you've also changed the voting status of...