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 Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 11:32 am
I got a clam at Pet Supermarket today! No one knew where it came from, so they just gave it to me for 99 cents. He's still small, only an inch across. I read they only get about 2 inches, and should be fine in a 10 gallon.
I want him in my 30 gallon, however, but I'm not sure in my Pleco will bother him, or if my gravel, inch wide river rocks, would be bad for him, because I know they like to burrow.
Any info would be great. =3
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Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 2:17 pm
I'm pretty sure there was a Freshwater clam article in one of my fish magazines. I'll see if I can dig it up for you. What I know off hand: make sure you have good water flow since they're filter feeders. Only put them in a long established tank that has plenty of microscopic critters. Consider supplementing the tank with daphnia. Live is preferable. Hard water is better for their shells.
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 6:31 am
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 6:55 am
Vanilla eXee
I'm pretty sure there was a Freshwater clam article in one of my fish magazines. I'll see if I can dig it up for you. What I know off hand: make sure you have good water flow since they're filter feeders. Only put them in a long established tank that has plenty of microscopic critters. Consider supplementing the tank with daphnia. Live is preferable. Hard water is better for their shells. Wouldn't daphnia be a little big for a filter feeder? Maybe some sort of fry food would work better, like microscopic infusoria or baby brine shrimp.
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Ammonia Spike Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 4:09 pm
Ammonia Spike Vanilla eXee
I'm pretty sure there was a Freshwater clam article in one of my fish magazines. I'll see if I can dig it up for you. What I know off hand: make sure you have good water flow since they're filter feeders. Only put them in a long established tank that has plenty of microscopic critters. Consider supplementing the tank with daphnia. Live is preferable. Hard water is better for their shells. Wouldn't daphnia be a little big for a filter feeder? Maybe some sort of fry food would work better, like microscopic infusoria or baby brine shrimp.
Baby daphnia should be small enough, they're often used for caudate larvae. Get some adults going in a container and you have an easy producing food culture. Less work than bbs.
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Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 9:23 pm
Vanilla eXee Ammonia Spike Vanilla eXee
I'm pretty sure there was a Freshwater clam article in one of my fish magazines. I'll see if I can dig it up for you. What I know off hand: make sure you have good water flow since they're filter feeders. Only put them in a long established tank that has plenty of microscopic critters. Consider supplementing the tank with daphnia. Live is preferable. Hard water is better for their shells. Wouldn't daphnia be a little big for a filter feeder? Maybe some sort of fry food would work better, like microscopic infusoria or baby brine shrimp.
Baby daphnia should be small enough, they're often used for caudate larvae. Get some adults going in a container and you have an easy producing food culture. Less work than bbs.Good to know... and honestly, I don't really know what I'm talking about. I only really know about saltwater clams. XD
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Ammonia Spike Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 9:49 am
Ammonia Spike Vanilla eXee Ammonia Spike Vanilla eXee
I'm pretty sure there was a Freshwater clam article in one of my fish magazines. I'll see if I can dig it up for you. What I know off hand: make sure you have good water flow since they're filter feeders. Only put them in a long established tank that has plenty of microscopic critters. Consider supplementing the tank with daphnia. Live is preferable. Hard water is better for their shells. Wouldn't daphnia be a little big for a filter feeder? Maybe some sort of fry food would work better, like microscopic infusoria or baby brine shrimp.
Baby daphnia should be small enough, they're often used for caudate larvae. Get some adults going in a container and you have an easy producing food culture. Less work than bbs.Good to know... and honestly, I don't really know what I'm talking about. I only really know about saltwater clams. XD
See I think bbs would be better for saltwater clams, but I don't know much about sw. Since bbs live in saltwater, you wouldn't have to worry about them dying before they can be eaten and fouling up the water. Same with daphnia in fw. There's also two types of daphnia, a larger type and a smaller type. I think they're daphnia moina and daphnia pulex, but I could be wrong about the second one, lol. I used to trade crayfish for plants and daphnia colonies (and cat litter? 0.o) with this guy in Boston.
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 12:40 pm
Well, thanks for everything guys, but the dumb thing died... The tank smelled horrible yesterday, so I did a water change, and tossed it in the front yard.
*sigh* I was really looking forward to having a clam...
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Ammonia Spike Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 1:06 pm
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Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 1:08 am
Akari_32 Well, thanks for everything guys, but the dumb thing died... The tank smelled horrible yesterday, so I did a water change, and tossed it in the front yard. *sigh* I was really looking forward to having a clam... Awww... sorry to here that. I guess it just wasn't meant to be. sad Anyways, it probably due to the lack of right care before you got him.
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