Nice write up and thread Chris, surely missing in many Forums thus making for a lack of knowledge to those in the early stages of Clam keeping.
Cheers, Todd
Cheers, Todd
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Pyramid snails are obligates parasites so without the host, they will starve to death.Is there a life cycle for pyramid snails? I have them and will be moving the clams to quarantine. Will the snails die off with out a clam?
In the past I had both Turbo snails parasites and Tridacna parasites. While I cannot guarantee that the Turbo snails parasites will not infect other snails, I can guarantee that the snail parasites will not infect Tridacna clams, and vice versa.I don't have a clam. Never have. But I do have pyramid snails, lucky me [emoji1304]. They seem to be pestering my turbo snails. So depending on the species of pyramid, removing your clam won't work.
In my case... My question is, will cleaning the snails cure my problem? Do pyramids snails only lay eggs on clams and others snails? Or are my rocks infested with eggs (I have only seen a few pyramids). I would love to get a clam someday, but I don't want to doom it to a death by snail attack.
Normally happy and healthy Maxima, Crocea and Noae clams will attach in short order if they are at a place with enough light and not too much current. Otherwise, they try to get to a better place.Question, ever have a clam not grab on with its foot? I have a T. Maxema that I can't see any foot damage and I've had healthy now for about 6 months and he is on a Marine Depot clam disc (my wife's horseshoe crab terrorizes my sandbed) but he has never really held on to it...