adam87 Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Right now my Crocea Clam releasing alot of sperm. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Link to comment
rdahlke1105 Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Good thing if there is a female in the tank? Link to comment
Grape Nuts Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 I googled clam releasing sperm. Not a good thing. Pics? Link to comment
kayl Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 I googled clam releasing sperm. Not a good thing. Pics? lol- quite possibly one of the worst reefing-related phrases to google... Link to comment
jbfrompa Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Ya I foud out if you mix up and search for open cup coral insted of hidden cup coral you will get photos of a lot of coral colored lingerie. My wife was not happy. Link to comment
ColorMeBlue Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Right now my Crocea Clam releasing alot of sperm. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Not a good thing. Basically the sperm will eat up all the oxygen in the tank, most likely. According what I just read recently, the best thing to do is take the clam out and isolate it until the event is over. It's the same basic problem of Calurpa going into breeding mode. Tank's too small to support the event and things will die. Link to comment
ThemadReefer Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Ya I foud out if you mix up and search for open cup coral insted of hidden cup coral you will get photos of a lot of coral colored lingerie. My wife was not happy. exactly!! are you sure it's sperm and not Zooxanthellae?? Link to comment
adam87 Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 I only have one clam in my 130g setup and I will do a water change today. And I was reading that SPS corals love clam sperm. Also I don't have any pics. But it was really cool to see clam releasing its sperm. Link to comment
vresor Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Wow, be careful. My clam spawned and it crashed my tank. Three years of hard work went down the drain in a matter of hours. Here's a link to my crash thread. I think I did everything I could, but in hindsight, I needed pull the clam out and into her own quarantine. The rest of my tank would still be alive if I had. Good luck. Link to comment
adam87 Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 Thank you for the link. Link to comment
vresor Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 I'm sure it's a far different situation in your 130 gallon tank vs. my 14 gallon tank. Good luck. Link to comment
uwwmatt Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Wow, be careful. My clam spawned and it crashed my tank. Three years of hard work went down the drain in a matter of hours. Here's a link to my crash thread. I think I did everything I could, but in hindsight, I needed pull the clam out and into her own quarantine. The rest of my tank would still be alive if I had. Good luck. Well I am rethinking my recent clam purchase... So the clam releases sperm and that causes a bacteria bloom which rapidly depletes the oxygen, or does the sperm itself somehow effect the oxygen levels? Would using a couple air pumps with airstones help slow down that oxygen depletion? At least long enough to set up a quarantine tank and initiate a water change. Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 i would think a skimmer would really negate the affected levels.. skimmer injects tons of air into the water.. and the skimmer lifts the clam sperm out of the water.. just .. my clams used to do this from time to time.. the sps seemed to like it Link to comment
vresor Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 A skimmer would have saved the tank, but mine is a 14 gallon BioCube and didn't have a skimmer. I now have airstones and a pump on standby. Cheap insurance. Link to comment
CollegeNano Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Water change to be safe Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 A skimmer would have saved the tank, but mine is a 14 gallon BioCube and didn't have a skimmer. I now have airstones and a pump on standby. Cheap insurance. want a biocube skimmer? i have a barely used one i'd sell ya cheap Link to comment
ColorMeBlue Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Well I am rethinking my recent clam purchase... So the clam releases sperm and that causes a bacteria bloom which rapidly depletes the oxygen, or does the sperm itself somehow effect the oxygen levels? Would using a couple air pumps with airstones help slow down that oxygen depletion? At least long enough to set up a quarantine tank and initiate a water change. According to: _Giant Clams in the Sea and the Aquarium_ by Jim Fatherree which I've just read, it's a case of the sperm depleting the levels. It seems that moving that flagellum around requires oxygen to do and the clam just released a ton of oxygen requiring things into the tank which causes the problem. Often the clam will first release sperm and then, if mature enough, release eggs after. It's a great book. If you've not read it, I highly recommend the read. Link to comment
reef-luva Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Ya I foud out if you mix up and search for open cup coral insted of hidden cup coral you will get photos of a lot of coral colored lingerie. My wife was not happy. ....hahahahaha, that's funny.... Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Ya I foud out if you mix up and search for open cup coral insted of hidden cup coral you will get photos of a lot of coral colored lingerie. My wife was not happy. my wife just said you should have bought her one of them and she would have been happy again. Link to comment
jbfrompa Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 ....hahahahaha, that's funny.... It was not at all funny till I explained it was a name mix up. Link to comment
uwwmatt Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 According to: _Giant Clams in the Sea and the Aquarium_ by Jim Fatherree which I've just read, it's a case of the sperm depleting the levels. It seems that moving that flagellum around requires oxygen to do and the clam just released a ton of oxygen requiring things into the tank which causes the problem. Often the clam will first release sperm and then, if mature enough, release eggs after. It's a great book. If you've not read it, I highly recommend the read. Interesting thanks. I wonder since this issues has popped up a couple times this week if there is a natural cause triggering clams to release at this time of the year. Link to comment
reef-luva Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 It was not at all funny till I explained it was a name mix up. ...like the hot, young Asian sponge you were researching?....hahaha hahahah Link to comment
Grape Nuts Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 ...like the hot, young Asian sponge you were researching?....hahaha hahahah Reminds me of the time my car wouldn't go into gear and I googled "blew my tranny". Sorry to wander. Hope clam is OK. Link to comment
ThemadReefer Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 exactly!! are you sure it's sperm and not Zooxanthellae?? once again.....clear liquid or long brown string? Link to comment
ednangel Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 i'm cracking up right now.... Link to comment
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