What is my clam doing?

[D. Torres]

I've had this clam for about 4 months and I don't know if I just never noticed it doing this but today I noticed it was expelling some sort of milky/cloudy substance. I got a video of it doing it which is linked here in a YouTube video. Is this normal or something I should be concerned with? Thank you for your time.

 

[hotashes]

My maxima did something similar, believe it was a spawning session. Nothing came of it [emoji6]



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[Jeff Hall]

It's making clam love. Gross.

 

[B0brobert]

I might also expelling zooxanthellae under stress.

 

[Diego Manoel]

Yap, it´s spawning

 

[jda]

It also could just be pooping... clams do have a digestive tract. I would be throwing my poop at that Urchin if it was that big and got that close to me. It totally could be eggs and sperm, as well... this happens a lot in captivity.