missing foot

[jamal]

i just recently got a clam in a group buy with a missing foot. do you gusy think i should try and return it or will it be ok?

[flowerseller]

i just recently got a clam in a group buy with a missing foot. do you gusy think i should try and return it or will it be ok?

It should be fine, but, it might move about the tank with a slight limp.

 

Many clams do not attach themselves.

[TROLL]

He'll be ok My clams actually don't use their foot that much- they just blow to get around.

[flowerseller]

it might move about the tank with a slight limp.

 

My clams actually don't use their foot that much- they just blow to get around.

 

I was kidding about the limp.

The foot is only used for attachment if desired by the clam.

It's not a "walking foot" and as Troll mentioned, they propel about by hydrolics.

[jamal]

yea i know i got squirted by his "hydraulics" while placing him in the tank. thanks guys i will place him in the rocks next week

[jason the filter freak]

Post a pic of that bad boy too when you get the chance

[dzekunoi]

If it just does not have "attaching strings" it's OK. If you can see gills from underside of the clam - sort of see through - according to Barry it's a goaner.

 

2 of my 4 clams do not attach themselves, but if you turn them upside-down you can see a retracted foot.