- Location
- Rego Park, Queens
For the last 2-3 weeks, my crocea, which had been thriving, began to seem stressed. The mantle would tuck in at certain points, as if irritated. I blamed it on the mushrooms nearby, and removed and/or killed all the 'shrooms that were touching it...to no avail. It still seemed stressed, with strands of mucus coming off. Eventually, it let go of its byssus and fell on its side. When I propped it back up, I saw that there was a large vermetid (is that what it's called?) tube snail attached to its shell. The strands of mucus turned out to be the snail's, not the clams. Could this snail be what is disturbing the clam? It has improved in the last 2 days, although its not happy and fully expanded as its been for the last year or so. If it is the snail bothering it...how best to kill it? I guess I could shoot it up with a little vinegar...I could stick the needle right into the open end of the tube. Thanks, Eric