cleaner clam dead/alive?

[pro2k]

I got this cleaner clam for the refugium last week (supposed to be good for lower nitrates) and I don't know if the thing is dead or alive. When it arrived here it was closed and it's been closed ever since (at least when I have observed it). Is there any way to tell if it is dead or alive? By smelling it maybe?

[dakar]

Aren't they supposed to be pretty active critters? We were just reading on them last week thinking we might want some to help stir up the sandbed.

[pro2k]

yeah I don't know? I can't really find much about a cleaner clam!

[zoo-a-holic]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Pick it up and gentley try to open it. If it moves very easy, it is dead. If it is hard, it is alive! Smelling it can work too.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[PhatBrdr427]

can never beat the smell test... that or get your fingers gooey! lol