Please help me save my Derasa!!!!!

Caesar Augustus · 06-05-2001, 01:29 AM

I noticed my derasa lookin a bit down for a bout a week so I picked him up and gave him a look see.......................and whoa nellie!@! There were little snails on his hinge shaped like little conch shells. I don't know the name of them but I do know they kill clams. So I took him out and scrubbed them off with a toothbrush. What else can I do?
I know six lines are supposed to take care of them but how can they eat snails on the bottom of the clam?? A fresh water dip perhaps??? Help me !!
Keep the reef,
Napoleon
"I live in my own little world, but thats ok, they know me here."
-unknown-

piege · 06-05-2001, 10:16 AM

The clams migrate to the underside of the mantle round night time I believe. They hide under the clam during the day and lay eggs there.

Here's a site about them. I believe you can save your clam by just keeping on top of the snails, removing them when you see them. From what I hear it takes a ton to really bring a clam down, but like you my clam wasn't looking like himself one day and I found those snails and removed all I saw, but it died anyway.

Check this out...
http://www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/a...ll/default.asp

HTH,
JP

npaden · 06-05-2001, 11:02 AM

I wouldn't worry to much about the snails. Just start a routine of picking them off weekly for a while and you should get them for the most part.
You could do more damage with a toothbrush on the byssal gland if you weren't careful than 100 snails would do.
I pick the snails off with a tweezer. The parasitic snails will also feed on the larger herbivore snails so you might check on your snails if you had as many as it sounds.
FWIW, Nathan

Caesar Augustus · 06-05-2001, 06:44 PM

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

outerbank · 06-06-2001, 12:58 AM

Gently scrub the entire shell with a toothbrush once a week. IME, the snails do not seem to like sand as much as a hard substrate, so keep the derasa in the sand as well. Avoid disrupting the mantle and the bysal gland.
Scott

outerbank · 06-06-2001, 01:00 AM

I forgot to mention, when you gently scrub the clam. Put it in a bowl of water and do this outside the tank.

Caesar Augustus · 06-07-2001, 10:00 PM

thanks all!

Elmo18 · 06-07-2001, 10:11 PM

mmm...hmm...mmm

Reminds me of eating some Quahog clams.....yum....

Get them live...shuckle them.....some sauce....and slurp em..

hehe..

Regards,
Ilham

06-05-2001, 01:29 AM	#1
Caesar Augustus Mayor Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Birmingham,AL U.S.A. Posts: 980	Please help me save my Derasa!!!!! I noticed my derasa lookin a bit down for a bout a week so I picked him up and gave him a look see.......................and whoa nellie!@! There were little snails on his hinge shaped like little conch shells. I don't know the name of them but I do know they kill clams. So I took him out and scrubbed them off with a toothbrush. What else can I do? I know six lines are supposed to take care of them but how can they eat snails on the bottom of the clam?? A fresh water dip perhaps??? Help me !! Keep the reef, Napoleon "I live in my own little world, but thats ok, they know me here." -unknown-

06-05-2001, 10:16 AM	#2
piege Citizen Join Date: Aug 2000 Posts: 157	The clams migrate to the underside of the mantle round night time I believe. They hide under the clam during the day and lay eggs there. Here's a site about them. I believe you can save your clam by just keeping on top of the snails, removing them when you see them. From what I hear it takes a ton to really bring a clam down, but like you my clam wasn't looking like himself one day and I found those snails and removed all I saw, but it died anyway. Check this out... http://www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/a...ll/default.asp HTH, JP __________________ http://fyrman.homestead.com/welcome.html

06-05-2001, 11:02 AM	#3
npaden Citizen Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lubbock, Texas Posts: 198	I wouldn't worry to much about the snails. Just start a routine of picking them off weekly for a while and you should get them for the most part. You could do more damage with a toothbrush on the byssal gland if you weren't careful than 100 snails would do. I pick the snails off with a tweezer. The parasitic snails will also feed on the larger herbivore snails so you might check on your snails if you had as many as it sounds. FWIW, Nathan __________________ Always get a 2nd opinion. (and a 3rd, 4th, etc...) Check out my Homepage

06-06-2001, 12:58 AM	#5
outerbank Tenant Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: TX Posts: 60	Gently scrub the entire shell with a toothbrush once a week. IME, the snails do not seem to like sand as much as a hard substrate, so keep the derasa in the sand as well. Avoid disrupting the mantle and the bysal gland. Scott __________________ Scott

06-06-2001, 01:00 AM	#6
outerbank Tenant Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: TX Posts: 60	I forgot to mention, when you gently scrub the clam. Put it in a bowl of water and do this outside the tank. __________________ Scott

06-05-2001, 06:44 PM	#4
Caesar Augustus Mayor Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Birmingham,AL U.S.A. Posts: 980	^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

06-07-2001, 10:00 PM	#7
Caesar Augustus Mayor Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Birmingham,AL U.S.A. Posts: 980	thanks all!

06-07-2001, 10:11 PM	#8
Elmo18 Governor Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1,514	mmm...hmm...mmm Reminds me of eating some Quahog clams.....yum.... Get them live...shuckle them.....some sauce....and slurp em.. hehe.. Regards, Ilham

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