I moved my maxima clam

[aalvarado87]

So i moved my maxima clam it defooted or whatever from the rock it was footed on I was wondering can i put her in the sand or does the clam have to stay on a rock? Just curious I thought I heard somewhere that they needed to stay footed on a rock i dont really know any help would be appreciated.

 

[dougers31]

I would try to get it to attach to a small rock if possible, that way it would be easier to move somewhere else in the tank if needed.

 

[aalvarado87]

thats what i was thinking I have it sitting on a rock but its just not working out. well i guess it takes time it hasn't footed yet and it keeps falling over and then it is like opening and closing and making a huge sand storm really starting to get on my nerves but there is no way to make it stick faster right?

 

[swannyson7]

I've had my derasa clam sitting on the sandbed for about 6 months with no issues. I don't think that having it attach to a piece of LR is necessary at all for good health.

 

[jonzee2006]

I have two in the sand and I dont have a problem what so ever. they will actually just put there foot on the bottom of the tank. if im not mistaken they are found on the sand bed in the wild

 

[Dave3112]

Maximas and Croceas are found in the rock sturctures in the wild. They are boreing clams If i'm not mistaken. I know that the ones I saw in Guam looked like they were actually IN the coral structure and not sitting ON it.

 

[Dave3112]

Here are a couple of pictures I got. Sorry for the quality but all I had at the time was a crappy underwater disposable camera. You can see what I mean about them being buried in the coral/rocks

 

[Jolene]

Wow! They are buried! Thanks for sharing.

 

[aalvarado87]

see thats what i thought i heard and i was not to sure so it would be better if i could get it to foot on the rock. I know the size of mine there is no way I could get it next to a rock for it to do that. How big are those in photos I know they look small but often times those photos can be a bit deceiving.

 

[Dave3112]

If my memory serves me right the one in the first picture was about 5" long and the bottom one was about 8". They were really cool to see in their natural habitat. I hope that I get to go over there again now that I have a better camera and underwater gear to use.....

 

[aalvarado87]

if you don't mind me asking how much does a trip like that cost. Assuming you were scuba certified which I am not. I heard somewhere that if you go with like a scuba club its cheaper do those even exist? And doesnt underwater camera gear cost a pretty penny?

 

[skinz78]

I would try to get the clam to stay up on the rocks, although some Maxima's just want to be on the sand, I have one like that.

If it keeps coming off just leave it on the sand and see what it does. You can stress it out by moving it too much.

 

[returnofsid]

You can bury a rock, under the sand, and put the clam on the sand bed, over the rock. It'll stretch it's bysal thread, through the sand and attach to the rock.

Keep in mind, if while moving the clam, the bysal thread actually tore, it could create problems for the clam. Many times, when the bysal threads are tore, the clams slowly die. Find it an area, where it's comfortable, and leave it, while it heals.

 

[Dave3112]

if you don't mind me asking how much does a trip like that cost. Assuming you were scuba certified which I am not. I heard somewhere that if you go with like a scuba club its cheaper do those even exist? And doesnt underwater camera gear cost a pretty penny?

I'm lucky enough to have a job where I travel around the world so for me it doesn't cost much. That picture was taken in about 5 feet of water I'm not scuba certified I was just plain old snorkeling in Tumon Bay, Guam. My wife asked me to take her there some day so I looked it up and for 2 people airfare and hotel it was around $8-10K.

 

[raymond]

i use a little live rock on anything thats sits on the sad even plate corals, brains eerything, just makes me feel better

 

[johnanddawn]

You can bury a rock, under the sand, and put the clam on the sand bed, over the rock. It'll stretch it's bysal thread, through the sand and attach to the rock.

Keep in mind, if while moving the clam, the bysal thread actually tore, it could create problems for the clam. Many times, when the bysal threads are tore, the clams slowly die. Find it an area, where it's comfortable, and leave it, while it heals.

+1 this is a common problem with clams and a nice solution for putting them on the bottom, many clams are lost because of torn foot tissue and too much moving around

 

[BlazinNano]

My friends maxima that he put on the sand bed. It worked its way down to attach to the bottom of the tank. So if you look under the tank you can see its foot.

 

[skinz78]

I'm lucky enough to have a job where I travel around the world so for me it doesn't cost much. That picture was taken in about 5 feet of water I'm not scuba certified I was just plain old snorkeling in Tumon Bay, Guam. My wife asked me to take her there some day so I looked it up and for 2 people airfare and hotel it was around $8-10K.

Hey Dave, any chance of getting you to start a new thread and show off some of your dive pic's?

 

[m and m]

I think on the sand bed would be fine, i mean he can attack himself to sand like he can rock which would hurt him itf you took him off the wrong way.

 

[Dave3112]

Sure skinz. I will do that when I get home from work today. I don't have a bunch but I have some from Guam and Hawaii.