detached hinge

[Finn450]

A few weeks ago I noticed my derasa was not aligned properly...broken hinge. I spent the last week repositioning it, in hopes it would heal itself. I came across the prosthetic fix posted here. I used a frag plug...cut the base off, then cut the post in half. Superglue the post pieces to the clam and secure a rubberband for the hinge. Clam is fully open, and last night was the first night in 2 weeks it remained in position.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Glad the clam is doing better!

 

[Finn450]

Glad the clam is doing better!

thank you...it was one of those "it'll never work" things that's actually made a world of difference for my clam.

 

[spsick]

@Finn450 how is your clam doing now? My big one just broke his hinge.

 

[minus9]

@Finn450 how is your clam doing now? My big one just broke his hinge.

How deep is your sand? I think one of the issues people are having is not keeping larger clams on deep sand and letting them touch the glass with their shells, this isn't good for larger clams.

 

[spsick]

How deep is your sand? I think one of the issues people are having is not keeping larger clams on deep sand and letting them touch the glass with their shells, this isn't good for larger clams.

Interesting. It was over an inch but he as slamming shut and blasting it all away so ended up on the bottom pane as you say.