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Cleaner Clam question ???

post #1 of 10
3/7/11 at 7:36am
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I'm looking into getting a cleaner crew from saltwaterfish.com and the group I'm looking at comes with 2 cleaner clams.

After looking at the profile for them it says they should go in a refugium. I don't run a refugium, so is it ok to put cleaner clams right in my display tank???

 

Any help on this would be great.

thanks,  Jeff

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post #2 of 10
3/7/11 at 8:50am

Yes, I put all mine in the Display....

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post #3 of 10
3/7/11 at 10:34am
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Thats cool, just put them down on the sand or do they like to sit up on the rocks or do they move around to where they want. Sorry for having to ask so much but I've never had clams before. I've seen them in other tanks and at the lfs and always wanted to get some but never had any.

 

thanks

Jeff

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post #4 of 10
3/7/11 at 11:23am

Just drop them on the sand, and you will never see them again...LOL....seriously

 

They will burrow under the sand....rarely will they  come back out unless they die, and then it will obviously just be an empty shell

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post #5 of 10
3/7/11 at 11:37am
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REALLY  what fun is that?  I suppose they're not there for fun though are they. I guess they're called cleaners for a reason. Ok I'll believe ya and order the cleaner crew package.

 

thanks

Jeff

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post #6 of 10
3/11/11 at 5:58pm

When they die, you can use the empty shells to hold coral frags.

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post #7 of 10
3/11/11 at 6:02pm
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Originally Posted by Gemmy View Post

When they die, you can use the empty shells to hold coral frags.



 +1....I do that a lot....altho I just ordered a frag rack..LOL...I don't think the clam shell will fit in the hole   :(

 

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post #8 of 10
3/24/11 at 9:35am
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Originally Posted by Gemmy View Post

When they die, you can use the empty shells to hold coral frags.

I like this idea, I've never heard of it before but I bet it works good.

 

Thanks for the help,

Jeff

 

 

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post #9 of 10
3/24/11 at 9:42am
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Well I got my cleaner crew from FedEx the other day. The first night clam A buried itself in the sand and I havn't seen it since. Clam B is in a diffrent spot every morning but still on top the sand. Maybe just hasn't found its happy spot yet. I don't know.

 

Thanks for helping,

Jeff

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post #10 of 10
4/5/11 at 7:19pm

We just got our CUC from SWF today, and had the same questions about the clams, so thanks for asking! bigg.gif

Within about an hour of putting them in the tank they were buried! they were fun to look at for a bit at least! lol

That's a great idea about reusing the shells.

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