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[LoReNzO]

hey bros/sis,
please help me! my 2 gay kiang clam shifted it self more and more close to each other, and the small one actually stick to the side of the big crocea shell.. now both of the crocea is sticking base to base! argh! nightmare.. both of them are now lying on my sandbed.. my dad ask me try to hang the clams on a string, let them detach, but how to hang both clam in the middle of the water and with the string under their base?! help me！！

Lorenzo,

[Tangs]

Just "circumize" them lor by pulling them apart ...

[kelstorm]

hey bros/sis,
please help me! my 2 gay kiang clam shifted it self more and more close to each other, and the small one actually stick to the side of the big crocea shell.. now both of the crocea is sticking base to base! argh! nightmare.. both of them are now lying on my sandbed.. my dad ask me try to hang the clams on a string, let them detach, but how to hang both clam in the middle of the water and with the string under their base?! help me！！

Lorenzo,

let it be.. coz if u force it apart, their tissue will tear.. this happened to one of my maxima..

[baliboy]

hey bros/sis,
please help me! my 2 gay kiang clam shifted it self more and more close to each other, and the small one actually stick to the side of the big crocea shell.. now both of the crocea is sticking base to base! argh! nightmare.. both of them are now lying on my sandbed.. my dad ask me try to hang the clams on a string, let them detach, but how to hang both clam in the middle of the water and with the string under their base?! help me！！

Lorenzo,

Bro Lorenzo, I had seen LFS doing by using pen knife to cut the bottom base. The best way is to bring to LFS and ask them cut for you I mean the clam not yours

[Vanquish]

This requires a bit of work... tie strings on both clams and have them pulled away from one another, have them both in a fashion of being tugged away from one another and after a while, they'll just let go of one another...

Hope you understand what I'm trying to say...

If all else fails, use them for Char Kway Teow!

[tanVincent]

This requires a bit of work... tie strings on both clams and have them pulled away from one another, have them both in a fashion of being tugged away from one another and after a while, they'll just let go of one another...

Hope you understand what I'm trying to say...

If all else fails, use them for Char Kway Teow!

SI HAM CHAR KWAY TIAO....best!!

[Tangs]

What Si Ham ... it is Tua Si Ham Char Kway Tiao.

[limsc]

What Si Ham ... it is Tua Si Ham Char Kway Tiao.

The most expensive char kway tiao!!!!

[iantoh]

hi there bro Lorenzo,

you can use a pair of scissors to cut apart the two clam's byssal threads that have attached to each other. These are the filaments at the base of the clam's shell- be careful not to injure the clam's actual tissue that is wedged under the base of the shell, just cut the threads in the middle of the air between the two clams will do. and you can leave the sliced filaments as they are, however they dangle and return the clams to your tank. i wouldn't recommend trimming all the threads till both are pretty as this will more often than not, infringe on the tissue area or unduely stress the clam. Also, you can do this out of water without much problem.

This will not do either of the clams any damage, and thereafter, its just a matter of repositioning the clams as you would like them to be positioned. I have done this many times before, after reading of its safety, so don't worry ya.

one thing to note though, a definite no-no is pulling the clams apart by force, as the byssal threads are attached to the soft tissue base of the clam, so pulling them apart injures the tissue base. cutting is alot better and entirely safe. additionally, crocea clams are naturally rock-boring clams, as opposed to some of the other clam species that occur more frequently on sandy substrates, so better to place your croceas on a hard footing in the future, so that their byssal threads can find something firm to attach to.

cheers, and all the best,
ian

[Tang Master]

Yeah, I agree. Once their byssal threads are torn or damaged, u can kiss goodbye to ya clammies.

hi there bro Lorenzo,

you can use a pair of scissors to cut apart the two clam's byssal threads that have attached to each other. These are the filaments at the base of the clam's shell- be careful not to injure the clam's actual tissue that is wedged under the base of the shell, just cut the threads in the middle of the air between the two clams will do. and you can leave the sliced filaments as they are, however they dangle and return the clams to your tank. i wouldn't recommend trimming all the threads till both are pretty as this will more often than not, infringe on the tissue area or unduely stress the clam. Also, you can do this out of water without much problem.

This will not do either of the clams any damage, and thereafter, its just a matter of repositioning the clams as you would like them to be positioned. I have done this many times before, after reading of its safety, so don't worry ya.

one thing to note though, a definite no-no is pulling the clams apart by force, as the byssal threads are attached to the soft tissue base of the clam, so pulling them apart injures the tissue base. cutting is alot better and entirely safe. additionally, crocea clams are naturally rock-boring clams, as opposed to some of the other clam species that occur more frequently on sandy substrates, so better to place your croceas on a hard footing in the future, so that their byssal threads can find something firm to attach to.

cheers, and all the best,
ian

[LoReNzO]

that's wad i'm afraid lo.. hmmmm.. sad! ian.. do u mind poping by my plae one day to help me?? both clam are without rock. and i even use epoxy to make a flat piece of "rock" to let them stick to.. but both olso bo heu.. so wad can i do to let them stick.. i see both of them sticking base to base very scary leh.. don even think of pulling them.. cause they confirm die.. haiz..