Hello Everyone,
I am wondering if there is a way to tell if a clam is carrying pinched mantle disease? The reason why I ask this is because I currently have two clams (each one in a different tank), and would like to move them together in the same tank sometime in the future (not for another few months though). One clam is a Derasa that I got about 8 months ago, and the other is an ultra Maxima that I got 8 days ago, which I am watching closely. However my concern is that my Derasa may be carrying pinched mantle disease (I don't know if this is even possible)? The reason why I am concerned about this is that when I bought the Derasa, I also bought a small maxima (both from ORA thru liveaquaria), and during the first month, the maxima died, from what appeared to be pinched mantle (the mantle starting to slowly retract more and more after the second week, and the mantle looked kind of pinched...the maxima died one week after that) although I still am not sure. I also remember reading somewhere that Derasa are somewhat resistant to pinched mantle, at least more so than other species (I don't know if this is completely accurate). Anyways, the Derasa never had the same symptoms as that Maxima, and has grown beautifully in the past 8 months, but I was looking at it today, and since I know that I would like to eventually move my two clams together in the same tank sometime in the future, I noticed something that I hadn't noticed before:
The mantle looks slightly ruffled (keep in mind though that this clam is healthy and growing, and maybe I am just being exaggerated about the mantle being ruffled lol), and this got me thinking about whether it is possible for a clam to carry pinched mantle disease? I do not want to move the clams together if it means that I could potentially infect my other clam, but at the same time am wondering whether or not you guys think this clam might be carrying pinched mantle, and if so is there a way to treat and possibly eliminate the disease?
Thank you
I am wondering if there is a way to tell if a clam is carrying pinched mantle disease? The reason why I ask this is because I currently have two clams (each one in a different tank), and would like to move them together in the same tank sometime in the future (not for another few months though). One clam is a Derasa that I got about 8 months ago, and the other is an ultra Maxima that I got 8 days ago, which I am watching closely. However my concern is that my Derasa may be carrying pinched mantle disease (I don't know if this is even possible)? The reason why I am concerned about this is that when I bought the Derasa, I also bought a small maxima (both from ORA thru liveaquaria), and during the first month, the maxima died, from what appeared to be pinched mantle (the mantle starting to slowly retract more and more after the second week, and the mantle looked kind of pinched...the maxima died one week after that) although I still am not sure. I also remember reading somewhere that Derasa are somewhat resistant to pinched mantle, at least more so than other species (I don't know if this is completely accurate). Anyways, the Derasa never had the same symptoms as that Maxima, and has grown beautifully in the past 8 months, but I was looking at it today, and since I know that I would like to eventually move my two clams together in the same tank sometime in the future, I noticed something that I hadn't noticed before:
The mantle looks slightly ruffled (keep in mind though that this clam is healthy and growing, and maybe I am just being exaggerated about the mantle being ruffled lol), and this got me thinking about whether it is possible for a clam to carry pinched mantle disease? I do not want to move the clams together if it means that I could potentially infect my other clam, but at the same time am wondering whether or not you guys think this clam might be carrying pinched mantle, and if so is there a way to treat and possibly eliminate the disease?
Thank you