clams

[bandedsnakeeel]

hey is there any clams except the cleaner clams that are easy to take care of

 

[renogaw]

i don't even think cleaners are easy to take care of.
if you have the lights, you can do photosynthetic clams, but otherwise don't bother with em.

 

[keith burn]

Originally Posted by bandedsnakeeel
http:///forum/post/2474060
hey is there any clams except the cleaner clams that are easy to take care of

Thay sand sift you need a big tank thay need a lot of sand.
If you get them get small ones.
And if that die in your tank big ones are big trbl.
You will not see them aswell.

 

[rainbow grouper]

derasa are easy to take care of but you need MH lighting for clams

 

[saxman]

Actually, T. derasa does fine in lower light tanks (to a point, of course). Depending on the depth of the tank, you could even keep one with a good amount of PC lighting. This is also true of T. squamosa, T. gigas, and H. hipoppus.
You really do need MH for T. crocea and anything but a gold T. maxima.
Another thing that helps are regular feedings of live phytoplankton.

 

[jackie dh]

I have a crocea clam under VHO T5's and it's doing well, I've had it for around 4 months and I can see new growth on the shell.

 

[snakeblitz33]

I've kept a couple few maximas under T5HO lighting up really high in a 90g tank. The one thing that clams really need is frequent amounts of live phytoplankton to survive. By live - I mean pretty much aquacultured at home.