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Greetings....So, I've had my maxima since December, and I thought it was doing well, but now I think my Orbit Marine is not doing the trick as it is on the sand bed, and not looking to good, so I assume the PAR just isn't cutting it. So I moved him up to the highest rock, and to my eyes it is perfect. It has a nice nook it can latch on to, and it's about 6 inches from the light,so it should be perfect in that spot....I guess the clam doesn't think so though. Every time I place him there, he just kamikazes off the ledge and lands on the bottom.

 

The last time he did that he fell over onto another ledge.....and he attached his byssal threads to it. Now he's wedged up against the side of the rock that I don't think he can open up fully. He's been like this for the last 3 days and every time I try to move him, he is stuck tight to the rock. So, does that mean he's happy?? The spot sucks too, because I really can't see him now, not to mention he can't open fully, so I don't know if I should blast him with a power head so he will let go? I guess as long as he's attached that means he likes where he's at correct?

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any pics? how do you know he cant open fully? and orbit marine wont cut it for the most part anyway. the only way to make him let go is to cut the thread.

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any pics? how do you know he cant open fully? and orbit marine wont cut it for the most part anyway. the only way to make him let go is to cut the thread.

Thanks for the reply. I've gotten him to release before without going to that extreme. I know using a power head some time works. I think maybe I'll wait a few more days. Perhaps he can open up, but just chooses not to right now. He seems so close to the rock though, and I don't see how he could open up the left side of his shell fully.

Can you move the rock with the clam attached to more light?

 

The rock he is on is actually part of a rock scape made up of 4 rocks epoxied together. It'd have to break up the rock to do that and I really don't want to...

Sorry about the orientation of the pictures. I don't know why the pictures uploaded rotated. For reference, the blastos are at the bottom if you are looking at the clam from the front of the tank

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