Cleaner Clam Question???
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snakeblitz33
Well-Known Member
wow, old thread, but I am glad that it was brought back up!
I'm guessing that if you can wash them off in the sink with chlorinated tap water, (like that one guy) and then throwing them in your aquarium and they survive, I'm sure that there will not be any parasites etc. on them.
I'm sure that 1 for every 5 gallons is what is trusted by some experienced hobbyists. I am sure it's really up to your own experimentation! That's what is so fun about this hobby is that there's no real standard "rule" for anything.
I'm guessing that if you can wash them off in the sink with chlorinated tap water, (like that one guy) and then throwing them in your aquarium and they survive, I'm sure that there will not be any parasites etc. on them.
I'm sure that 1 for every 5 gallons is what is trusted by some experienced hobbyists. I am sure it's really up to your own experimentation! That's what is so fun about this hobby is that there's no real standard "rule" for anything.
9supratt4
Active Member
I saw this thread and was pretty excited that I could go to my local supermarket, buy some littlenecks and throw them in my tank.
Well I did just that!! Yesterday, I bought a dozen for $4.99 and I took 6 of them and put them in tank water. Only 3 spit, but I put all 6 in anyway. As of this morning 2 of them buried themselves and the other 4 are open siphoning water.
So yes, this does work!! What a great post to find!!
Oh yeah.....and the other six ended up in a pot!! They were good!!!
Well I did just that!! Yesterday, I bought a dozen for $4.99 and I took 6 of them and put them in tank water. Only 3 spit, but I put all 6 in anyway. As of this morning 2 of them buried themselves and the other 4 are open siphoning water.
So yes, this does work!! What a great post to find!!
Oh yeah.....and the other six ended up in a pot!! They were good!!!
pnkflydlvr
Member
so when you buy them at the supermarket they are alive even if they're frozen? i.e. frozen ones will work in your tank?
siline
Member
Originally Posted by reefkprZ
http:///forum/post/2069337
I was reading through this and I see people saying "if they run out of nitrates put on a biowheel to create nitrates for them" that is not how they feed. thats probably the worst advice for feeding hard clams I have ever heard. I just really felt the need to point out they are filter feeders and catch particles not disssolved nitrates. photosynthetic clams can directly consume nitrogen in dissolved form as well as filter feed non photosynthetic clams cant, they only filter feed.
Originally Posted by larryndana
http:///forum/post/2069581
ones that require good light, right. the ones i can't get, lol.
So, the ones that REALLY lower nitrates are the ones like the Derasa, Maxima, etc???
But, If CC catch particles that posteriorly convert to nitrates, eventually you'll see a drop in the nitrates, right???
Is a Cleaner clam / Derasa combo a good one to lower (& mantain) the nitrates down???
http:///forum/post/2069337
I was reading through this and I see people saying "if they run out of nitrates put on a biowheel to create nitrates for them" that is not how they feed. thats probably the worst advice for feeding hard clams I have ever heard. I just really felt the need to point out they are filter feeders and catch particles not disssolved nitrates. photosynthetic clams can directly consume nitrogen in dissolved form as well as filter feed non photosynthetic clams cant, they only filter feed.
Originally Posted by larryndana
http:///forum/post/2069581
ones that require good light, right. the ones i can't get, lol.
So, the ones that REALLY lower nitrates are the ones like the Derasa, Maxima, etc???
But, If CC catch particles that posteriorly convert to nitrates, eventually you'll see a drop in the nitrates, right???
Is a Cleaner clam / Derasa combo a good one to lower (& mantain) the nitrates down???
siline
Member
Originally Posted by Siline
http:///forum/post/2684107
So, the ones that REALLY lower nitrates are the ones like the Derasa, Maxima, etc???
But, If CC catch particles that posteriorly convert to nitrates, eventually you'll see a drop in the nitrates, right???
Is a Cleaner clam / Derasa combo a good one to lower (& mantain) the nitrates down???
BTW, MY POST IS THE 150th IN THIS TOPIC!!!
http:///forum/post/2684107
So, the ones that REALLY lower nitrates are the ones like the Derasa, Maxima, etc???
But, If CC catch particles that posteriorly convert to nitrates, eventually you'll see a drop in the nitrates, right???
Is a Cleaner clam / Derasa combo a good one to lower (& mantain) the nitrates down???
BTW, MY POST IS THE 150th IN THIS TOPIC!!!
siline
Member
Originally Posted by knockout
http:///forum/post/2684180
Do CC must bury, or can I put them in a bare bottom tank?
They'll move anyway...
... if they are alive!
http:///forum/post/2684180
Do CC must bury, or can I put them in a bare bottom tank?
They'll move anyway...
... if they are alive!
siline
Member
I was looking the complete week for them...
None of the local supermarkets carrie them "fresh"... Not even a Seafood store...
Finally, a Walmart Supercenter had them.
I bought 6, home. I put them on a bowl w/ aquarium water... about 10secs after I put them on there, one open and let part of it out... I put it on the aquarium and immidiatelly started pumping water...
After around 20 mins only 2 of them spitted... Anyway, five mins later the rest opened and let their "lips" out...
Put them on the tank to find out that ALL of them have burried in the sand...
I hope everyone does well...
None of the local supermarkets carrie them "fresh"... Not even a Seafood store...
Finally, a Walmart Supercenter had them.
I bought 6, home. I put them on a bowl w/ aquarium water... about 10secs after I put them on there, one open and let part of it out... I put it on the aquarium and immidiatelly started pumping water...
After around 20 mins only 2 of them spitted... Anyway, five mins later the rest opened and let their "lips" out...
Put them on the tank to find out that ALL of them have burried in the sand...
I hope everyone does well...
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erlina
Guest
Just got one they are really cool thinking of gettin anouther cleaner
king_neptune
Active Member
nice old thread to bump. great find. Im gonna read it slow and carfull later tonight
how big do these get? do they need lighting? or jsut toss em in the DT?
or how bout fuge? would they do better in the sump?
how big do these get? do they need lighting? or jsut toss em in the DT?
or how bout fuge? would they do better in the sump?
windlasher
Member
Originally Posted by King_Neptune
http:///forum/post/3099285
nice old thread to bump. great find. Im gonna read it slow and carfull later tonight
how big do these get? do they need lighting? or jsut toss em in the DT?
or how bout fuge? would they do better in the sump?
temp acclimate, burp em in tank water, and toss them in the DT. They prefer to dig, so sump wouldn't be a good idea. they would survive though. once you toss them in they will disappear very quickly and you will see them come up once in a while to spit out sand. look for 2 tubes sticking out of the sand. when they die, (about a year) they come to the top on their own.
http:///forum/post/3099285
nice old thread to bump. great find. Im gonna read it slow and carfull later tonight
how big do these get? do they need lighting? or jsut toss em in the DT?
or how bout fuge? would they do better in the sump?
temp acclimate, burp em in tank water, and toss them in the DT. They prefer to dig, so sump wouldn't be a good idea. they would survive though. once you toss them in they will disappear very quickly and you will see them come up once in a while to spit out sand. look for 2 tubes sticking out of the sand. when they die, (about a year) they come to the top on their own.
gromuluss
New Member
I GOT A SOLID ANSWER I have the link but I lost it but Im promiss I am not lieing. It was a yahoo answers page that had a list of thing to FEED clams and number 7 was sodium NITRATE and or amodium NITRATE. So if that is the same as the nitrates that is created in a salt aquarium then it seems they not only eat it but are recomended to FEED it if there not already there. I am definatly going to fill my small sump with a bunch to see what happens 