Re: NANFA-- Mussels

kahley (kahley_at_ptd.net)
Mon, 02 Sep 2002 18:44:04 -0500

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At 10:57 AM 9/2/02 -0500, John Bongiovanni wrote:
>I know nothing about mussels but I do have a couple of very neophyte
>questions.
>1. Does opening the shell kill the mussel? If so...
>2. Is there a "treatment" that will relax the animal that will allow
>opening of the shell without trauma?
>
>Kahley,
>Have you noted the presence of any of the freshwater sponges on your reef.

Never knew there was such a thing! Google shows me
http://www.kivu.com/images/Stock/freshwater/fwsponge1.jpg
I haven't seen anything like that ...but this
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/MFB/EnvironHealth/Images/sponge.JPG
Maybe....but I'd just assume it was algae. There were a couple other
pics listed from some place call nanfa.org <BG> but they came up 404ed ;*)

>Those might be kinda cool to watch especially if they are native to your area.
>
>John
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