pinched mantle clam disease

ssweet1

Member
Is anyone following the thread on Reef frontiers about pinched mantle disease? I recently purchased 3 clams and the 2 baby maximas began showing this symptom 3 days after I got them. Now one has died and the other barely hanging on. It has spread to the third new clam and now to my 3 1/2 yr old gold maxima
I was just wondering if anyone else was or has newly purchased clams and had this happening? Fresh water dips and Tech D dips are supposed to cure it for awhile but not 100% There is a 6 week antibiotic treatment which has been successful but a full quarantine tank with halides etc. has to be used and then you cant put them in your tank because the protozoan is in there and will reinfect them isnt this just great?? -bummed out, Carrie
 

beth

Administrator
Staff member
I'm going to move your thread over to the Reef Forum so the reefers can follow this!
 
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