Clam id

[lordofsmiles]

There is this clam growing on one of my snails it looks kinda like a baby giant clam, or might be a baby oyster. I don't know 😩. Someone help

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[nate1633]

Pic?


55 gallon fowlr

[Sniperhank]

Most likely something like a barnacle.

[lordofsmiles]

Here is a pic


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[Sniperhank]

It actually does look like a tiny maxima clam. They need intense lighting and pristine water conditions to survive. That said, I don't see much mantle extension there and that isn't a good sign.

[lordofsmiles]

So do you have any advice in what I should do? Such as taking it off the snail or something? And placing it in intense light?

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[Sniperhank]

So, it's on a snail and has obviously attached its foot to it. This will most likely be a case of pick which one will survive. You'd have to kill the snail to keep it in a good spot and then it can still move if it wanted to...to move the clam would mean messing with the foot and damaging that would kill it. Though really cool, I wouldn't count on it being much of anything but a really fancy snail shell.
Can you get a better picture?

[lordofsmiles]

Best pic I could get


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[lordofsmiles]

It's alive because after I took the picture I poked it, and it closed right up

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[lordofsmiles]

I think it might just be a oyster

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[Sniperhank]

You are probably right with the elongated shape of the shell. It isn't symmetrical enough to be a clam, as it looked in the first picture. I still wouldn't expect it to be a long term inhabitant of your tank and end up being a really fancy shell.