Clam/Muswell thing dead. Water quality help

Rocktron1

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Hi guys

Wondering if you can tell me what's wrong with my water and what probably killed my clam/Muswell thingy in photo below
Salinity 1.028 . I removed 8ltrs last night and replaced with ro and now Mussell was open in morning with nothing inside. New salinity reading 1.024
Alk 8.9
Ph 7.9
Po4 0.2 ( pretty high?)
Ca 410
Mg 1371
Ammo nh4 0
No2 0
No3 2

Did I stuff up dropping salinity rapidly?

And lastly what was the name of it as I have no idea what the real ID is?

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Clams/mussels/oysters are pretty hardy but most do not do well in the aquarium environment because of lack of proper nutrition. Unless you were feeding Phyto on a daily basis, it's days were numbered. The salinity drop may have been a contributing factor but it looks like it may have passed and you other tank inhabitants to advantage of a free meal and cleaned house.
BTW it looks like it may have been some kind of oyster.
 
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