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I've been battling some kind of disease that an ORA clam brought in some months ago. The siphons of the clam are being eaten away, and in the later stages, certain parts of the mantle are eaten as well. I don't think it's the work of any of my fish, or even a worm, since the eaten flesh is rather symmetrical, nothing that looks like a bite mark. I've been running carbon heavily, and it seems to help them recover, but for some reason, the disease comes back and eats away all of the flesh that they worked so hard to regrow again.
Now, I'm having a crisis where nearly all of my clams are being affected by this. The only clam that is not showing signs of eaten flesh is my biggest Derasa (not the one below), which seems to be less extended than usual. I've set up a 15 gallon quarantine to house them, and try medicating them if I don't spot any worms living within. Do you guys think that if I leave my DT fallow of clams, that whatever pathogen or creature that is harming my clams will die off? I cannot add any clam now without them suffering the same ailment.
Now, I'm having a crisis where nearly all of my clams are being affected by this. The only clam that is not showing signs of eaten flesh is my biggest Derasa (not the one below), which seems to be less extended than usual. I've set up a 15 gallon quarantine to house them, and try medicating them if I don't spot any worms living within. Do you guys think that if I leave my DT fallow of clams, that whatever pathogen or creature that is harming my clams will die off? I cannot add any clam now without them suffering the same ailment.