strombus ... ?

Javier5186

Could you please tell me if a strombus can close completely like a mussel when it's in a closed state? From the videos and photos I've found, it seems that it cannot; it just curls up under the shell and that's it. My strombus looks a bit different from the others, more like some kind of mussel. I can post a photo tomorrow. Photo below.

Zoe7451

Here is the photo. He is alive... when you approach the aquarium, he closes up.

Sheila1322

This is definitely not a strombus. It's some kind of midge.

Corey3201

Well, it was sold as a strombus for 15 USD. I would like to hear more opinions.. ))

Tasha

Well, it's a mussel...

Chad4168

Zhenya, everyone will say the same! Let the seller return the money or send a strombusa. Vadim had them in Kharkiv for 70 UAH.

Alicia5489

I spoke with the sellers, everything is fine. There was no strombus, they sent me bonuses and mushrooms instead, and they just didn't detach this little one from the stone))) so I won't bring up any unnecessary conversations, they promised to send a real strombus on Friday))). And what about this little one???? Can I keep it?

Gary6376

It is possible. She is a filter.

Joseph

It needs to be attached to the rock; if you just throw it into the aquarium, it will be sitting hydrobiota that are born attached to the reef, and if they are torn off, in most cases, they die.

Steven757

))) I just barely pulled her away yesterday )))) P.S. So will she die or just lay down on the stone with the same spot?

Chelsea

Place it in the recess of the live rocks, and it will attach itself to the live rocks on its own; I have done this many times. After that, disturb it less, and it will live a long time. My Black Sea ones have been living for the second year and have noticeably grown. I also have a couple of tropical ones that came with the rocks.

Natasha7622

Most bivalves (particularly mussels), like tridacnas, lead a sessile lifestyle and do not move. They attach themselves to the substrate using so-called byssal threads, which they produce themselves. If a tridacna is frequently disturbed by pulling its threads from the attachment point, the animal may eventually die. Therefore, after placing the mussel in the hole as suggested, try not to disturb it again; it will attach itself and remain in place, benefiting your reef.

Charles5941

Thank you very much. I won't touch it anymore. I placed it on the stones.

Zachary

I kept Mediterranean mussels. I threw them into the aquarium, and they started to extend their foot and crawled around the tank. They even managed to climb on the glass. They spread out to different cozy spots, attached themselves, and lived peacefully until they caught the attention of red polychaete worms. After six months, they were all eaten. The one that lived the longest was the one sitting on the highest rock. But perhaps they died for other reasons...

Johnny

They are to blame... Tridacnas can also perish from them in the same way... At one time, I had to say goodbye to two beautiful tridacnas... They had lived in the reef for 2 years.

Robert1845

Nature is a clever thing; can tridacnas really just perish from polychaetes like that? Can't they defend themselves? Is it true that in nature they can similarly become victims of polychaetes, or does this only happen in a closed system where polychaetes seek alternative food sources?

Matthew7977

The thing is that nature has surely equipped the giant clams with effective means of protection against predators over millions of years. However, in aquarium conditions, these defenses may not work as they should for various reasons, or may not work at all. A striking example of this is the diseases of fish and corals in seemingly healthy marine aquariums. Your assumption about the feeding of various worms is quite plausible. In nature, it is possible that they have no need to attack the giant clam, as the food chain there is not disrupted.

Amber9312

I disagree; the instinct for self-preservation is unlikely to be "dulled" in a closed system, especially since tridacnas come to us from their natural habitat and do not grow in aquariums over 3-4 generations. I think the issue is that polychaetes are unlikely to attack tridacnas in the wild because they have a vast variety of food sources, whereas in an aquarium, they might attack tridacnas due to a lack of food.

Nicole7268

If the chemical and physical parameters in the aquarium change in the wrong direction, what instinct for self-preservation can we talk about? By the way, tridacnas respond adequately to this, and that's when the destructors get to work. I just mentioned this indirectly in point 17...

Jessica8898

If the chemical and physical parameters in the aquarium change in the wrong direction, what instinct for self-preservation can we talk about? This means that logically something went wrong in your aquarium, since after these two years of successful maintenance, the tridacnas were attacked by polychaetes.

Nicole2404

I have mowed two types of planarians and aiptasia. I have talked about planarians. I boiled the aiptasia in hot water using an immersion heater.

Melissa

Can I poke my nose into the story about planarians?

Kenneth2761

I hope not in the aquarium itself?

Melissa3820

You hope in vain. In it. The truth is there were no fish or corals. 12 volts between two electrodes, in the middle aiptasia. 5 seconds and the soup is ready. 3 days and that's it. - it should be here.