Awwwwwwww, look
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darknes
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That's really cool.
Sorry to go off-topic, but I had a question for you Candycane. I saw in another thread you mentioned you own a store in Colorado. I'm doing a job interview in Colorado, and could possibly move there. You seem very knowledgeable and I was wondering where you were located.
If you want, my email is: jesse7876 at yahoo dot com
Sorry to go off-topic, but I had a question for you Candycane. I saw in another thread you mentioned you own a store in Colorado. I'm doing a job interview in Colorado, and could possibly move there. You seem very knowledgeable and I was wondering where you were located.
If you want, my email is: jesse7876 at yahoo dot com
fishgeek01
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BREEDING? Do you breed those clams, or am i just assuming to much? and if so then how?
candycane
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I breed them. Basically nada filtration, water movement is all created by air, and sexual maturity. They do most of the rest on their own. I am sure that maybe a redlight lunar light might help. But they release both sperm and egg. You get about 5 in a 150 that are around 7+ inches and bingo-bango. I tend to just leave them alone. One releases the egg and that sends out a signal that causes the rest to release sperm. Most of the time it is just sperm though. Doesnt seem to really be any rhyme or reason to it.
fishgeek01
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how often and how many do you end up with? This is very interesting to me. I am currently trying to breed clowns, watchman gobies, and cardinals. Having limited success, but cant say i am really trying hard. They all breed, lay eggs, eggs hatch, i just never do anything with the fry and larvae, it just feeds the reef. Have you ever tried to harvest the eggs, to use as a zooplankton, like the oyster eggs, can you even do that, fill me in on as much info as you want. also thanks for yoru post on one of my other threads, i am not sure that i agreed with you, or that i was following your logic all of the way, but you were the only one to post, so thanks......
candycane
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Well clams produce both sperm and eggs on their own. However they can not do it at the same time, so they need others to produce. Now you cant do a single thing to make them breed. Or atleast I havent figured out the cellular hormone construct that causes the (I believe its called) SIS signal, and I don't think anyone else has for that matter. This is what causes them to start "going off". I will usually have around 30-50 baby clams survive. I won't even notice them for about 3 weeks. But with fish, Zoo might be a little big. You CAN move the egg clutch as soon as you notice it. Set up a seperate tank with a DSB and a decent amount of BASE ROCK!!! Do not use live because you dont want all of the hitchhikers in that or your sand. Also you can take a piece of plastic piping and run it along the back of the bottom of the tank (or just use one of those bubble stick things). Then you just kind of sit back and wait. Once you notice the eggs have broken open, buy fish fry food (or have some on hand, I forget the exact name that you want, but it is something weird). Most embyros just hatched don't have the symbiosis in their gut yet to break down zooplankton.
