Fresh water clam died, what parameters do I check?

bordemstirs

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I have a brackish 55 gal, and one of my residents was a fresh water clam (yes I made sure he was brackish compatible), I've had him almost 2 months.
I just went to feed my fish and saw the little guy wide open, and unresponsive, so i freaked out, grabbed him and put him in a cup of tank water immediately.

So, my clam is dead, he died in my tank...I've read about shell rot, and I can't seem to find the info I need on line.
What exactly kills the fish? What water parameters do I check?
He could have died last night or an hour ago..
My tank is well established, I just checked my nitrite (0ppm) and my ammonia (also 0) what else can I look for?
 

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Nitrates.
 

bordemstirs

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[FONT=Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]Corbicula fluminea (Asian clam), I fed him kent's invertebrate food 2 times a week, but he was set in decent current so he had plenty flow to siphon. [/FONT]
 

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Many clams starve in well filtered fish tanks, because being filter feeders themselves need a constant supply of plankton and suspended debris to live.
If you were not giving it daily supplies of daphnia, newly hatched artemia, or some other substitute, its demise was eminent.
 
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