New Clam>Is it healthy?

Hey all,
So finally after waiting for such a long time, I finally got my clam. Needless to say, it's not the one I wanted. It was the only one available. However, I'm not 100% happy with the way it looks, I think it's a T. Crocea. It a little brown for my liking but hopefully, it will get back some of its color over time.
I have it under MH lighting and moderate water flow.
It opens fine but Im not sure if it should extend it's mantle more than it is. Also IMO, the intake valve looks very wide when I compare it to some pictures online.
Also, my nitrates are reading 0ppm with API test kit.
I've never had a clam before so I don't have much knowledge on them.

 

Yes it is a Crocea. Looks healthy besides the brownish coloration. Hopefully is will color up in a couple weeks.

Congradulations

 

Hard to tell since you just got it and it could be stressed out. Crocea require high light so you might want to move it toward the top of your rock. They are also rock boring clams. So it will be happier on the rocks. It will anchor itself there. Find the flattest spot you can.

 

siddique

it took one of my clams 3 or 4 days to really start to extend its mantle and that opening looks normal to me (both of mine looked very much like that)



Steve

 

I wana new clam after that pic Steve.

BTW, on the health of that clam, be patient. I nursed a 13" Squamosa from bleaching back to rich colors, toke like 5 months...

 

Beautiful Clam Steve!

Well So far, my clam has seemed to settle in nicely. It's opening well and re-gaining some of its color.
I'll post some pics tomorrow sometime.

 

i usually keep my croceas on the sand bed... but then again i always like to have a ton of light... this one has been happy for may months on the sand bed

 

Quick question Dingo, do you get your crocea to sit upright letting it attach to a rock and then placing in the sandbed? Mine keeps turning over or nose diving off my rockwork.

 

Mine used to be up on the rocks and was extending its mantle like crazy. Then it took a leap to the sand bed and never extended its mantle quite as much. So I picked it up and placed a flat rock underneath of it and put it back in the same location on the sandbed. 2 days later and it was back fully extended like it was originally. So, if you put a rock under it for it to bore into it might make it happier.

 

Try to place it on a flat rock and see if it attaches, and then move it up very slowly.

Once they jump back to the sandbed it is best just to let them be and go slow.

The flatter the rock or tile the better.