Clam Butts ...

[NaCl_H2O]

... can you glue them to a rock to keep them where you want them until they attach? With what?

[akm]

How long does it usually take for a clam to stick its foot into say, LR?

[::pete::]

Clam butt!! Thats a new one!! They will attach you just have to wedge them in there so they cant move and if they keep moving they might be trying to tell you something ;)

[NaCl_H2O]

Mostly they attach within 24 hours if I can get them to stay put that long. One little 2" SOB keeps jumping off the high ledge ... thinks it is friggin SeaWorld or something :angry

Actually, I think it is just the current & Clam Farts ;) that topple them over & then they fall off the ledges.

Like everything else I guess ... PATIENCE

... But the superglue gel is ready if that little dude farts his way off that ledge again ;)

[::pete::]

... But the superglue gel is ready if that little dude farts his way off that ledge again

:lol ... leave him on the bottom next to a lil chunk of rock and if he attaces then it would be easier to keep him in place.

[Polkster13]

"clam farts" ROTFLMAO!

[Tim Marvin]

You can also put rocks around them if possible to sorta wedge them in place. Once they attach move the rocks. You don't want to wedge them to were they can't open though. I have heard of some people useing magnets to keep them in place, but that is a really bad idea because the magnets will lose the coating and start to corrode releasing toxins into the tank.

[MikeP]

Letting them attach to a shell or rock and moving that is the best bet. Pulling or cutting the byssal threads on the clam is extremely stressful to the animal and can lead to secondary parasitic/bacterial infections.

[GaryP]

I use a PVC union that I push down into the sand. I sit the clam into the untion. That also keeps it from flipping over. The clam will usually attach to the union.

[captexas]

Clams move around to try to find a place they like using their foot, which they also use to attach themselves to stay in place. If yours keeps moving, it means it doesn't like were you put it, whether it be too much or not enough flow or lighting. Also, it may not like it's surrounding neighbors. One of my clams kept blowing sand around the tank trying to move after it got too close to another clam and their mantles touched.

[jaded]

Pulling or cutting the byssal threads on the clam is extremely stressful


I've always heard exactly the opposite of this... are you saying its stressful because of the move or that the threads are a living part of the animal unlike a strand of hair or a fingernail

[GaryP]

Would you be stressed if we cut your foot off? :)

[GaryP]

Sorry, I didn't mean to make that as mean sounding as it came out.

[MikeP]

Pulling or cutting the byssal threads on the clam is extremely stressful


I've always heard exactly the opposite of this... are you saying its stressful because of the move or that the threads are a living part of the animal unlike a strand of hair or a fingernail

Yes its a living part of the animal. Yes its stressful. Yes you can cut and move them but I would avoid it.