pinched mantle disease

Hello fellow reefers, I've had this 2.5 inch Derasa Tridacna clam for about a week now, and it hasn't been fully extending its mantle. It extended its mantle more fully on the first day that I added it to the tank. I drip acclimated the clam for one hour and carefully matched both the...

I recently got an aquacultured ultra crocea clam about 3 weeks ago. The clam has been doing great however 5 days ago I notticed this one area of the mantle where it appears to curl over a little. The area still fully extends and there is no mucous discharge coming from the clam. To be honest...

I have just got a crocea clam ~3.5"/8 cm last night currently in qt, but the mantle feels pinched and the way its mantle extends is very different from my maxima clam that i've had for almost a year. Can someone please have a look if it looks healthy. Thanks p1 is taken by the lfs p2 is taken...

Introduction It was almost 20 years ago when I first introduced the Fresh Water Dip (FWD) protocol for the treatment of Pinched Mantle Disease (PMD). Over the years, many reefers altered the protocol somewhat but, on the whole, it still is the only tried and true way to treat PMD, a universally...