Thrive Aquatics Thrive C Clam Kit

Don't let your prized clam be a carrier of nuisance hitchhikers. Thrive Aquatics Thrive C Clam Kit offers a simple and easy way to minimize the transport of harmful snails, protozoan, and stinging anemones (Aiptasia). Inclusive kit comes with the necessary tools and information to eradicate these pests and properly acclimate two clams.

Thrive Aquatics Thrive C Clam Kit includes instructions for acclimation, disease prevention and treatment, an acclimation tube, two ceramic clam holders, a cleaning brush, and an ammonia neutralizer for acclimation. Clever Clam Holders provide a hard, contoured attachment site for clams and a convenient way to move your clam for photo-acclimation, aquarium cleaning, or treatment without damaging their byssal threads.

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1. CLEAN - Use the included brush to scrub over the shell and near the foot to remove predatory snails and their eggs, sponges and stinging anemones (Aiptaisia). Be sure not to scrub the foot tissue or you may damage it. Predatory snails are small, white and generally feed near the foot of a clam.
2. ACCLIMATE - Place the freshly cleaned clam into a dish with the water it was transported in along with one measure of the included Ammonia Neutralizer. Choose a large bowl or a small bucket that can hold about three times the amount of water the clam is in now. Use the included tubing to siphon water into the container the clam is in from your aquarium. Secure one end of the tubing in your tank by setting it under a rock, or securing it with a clip. Suck the other end to start a siphon. Once a siphon starts, make a simple knot in the tube to bring the flow to a slow drip, and let the tank water flow into the container holding the clam. Once the container fills, lift the clam from the bowl and into your tank.
3. PLACEMENT - Put the included Clam Holder as far from strong lighting in your tank as possible (like a bottom corner). Set the newly acclimated clam on the Clam Holder, fitting its foot into the center of the contour. Clams need time to adjust to new lighting and attach. Attachment can take anywhere from a few hours to two weeks. To avoid light shock, move the clam and holder a few inches close to more intense light every week until the clam is in an area of sufficient lighting, water current and viewing pleasure. If this place is on the sand bed, the Clam Holder can be partially covered with sand; just do not get sand up against the foot of the clam.

TREATMENT (ONLY IF NECESSARY)
A common protozoan disease where the edges of the mantle appear shriveled before the clam dies, usually within two weeks, is called "pinched mantle." Treatment for this disease is a simple freshwater dip. Prepare a dip by filling a bucket with a gallon or two of purified water at the same temperature and pH as your tank. Test the pH of your tank and the pH of the purified water you will be using for the dip with a test kit. Bring the pH of the purified water up by using a pH Increase or buffer available at most common aquarium stores. Perform the dip by shaking the clam in freshwater for a couple of minutes, then let it set in the bucket for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes have elapsed, return the clam to your tank and wait a couple of days for it to recover.