first clam

[spkdtch]

looking at getting a small clam or 2 sometime down the road so im getting prepared now
i have a blackback butterfly whos main diet is clams, will it pick on the clam and kill it?

 

[jackri]

Is this a trick question?

 

[spkdtch]

the reason i ask is the butterfly is very small and a clam would be fairly large compared to it and protected in a shell whereas the clams it eats are just the meat

 

[meowzer]

Originally Posted by jackri
http:///forum/post/2994421
Is this a trick question?

 

[spkdtch]

ya ya ya i know when i was typing it i was gonna catch crap, but i had to ask it anyways

 

[flower]

Even if you get rid of the butterfly, do not buy a "small" clam. They don't survive well. Try and go 3' or more.

 

[jackri]

I got my maxima around 2" and it's doing just fine without supplemental feeding, but I honestly believe it gets food from scraping algae off the glass.
I also have a 3-4 inch crocea and 4-5 inch derasa. Water parameters, calcium/alk and lighting are very important though to clams.
Honestly though.. don't put a clam eater with a clam

 

[meowzer]

Honestly though.. don't put a clam eater with a clam
+1

 

[1journeyman]

3 inches, on average, is about the size where photosynthesis plays a larger role in feeding a clam than filter foods.
A small butterfly will likely see a large clam as a large meal.
Also, don't forget, clams grow.... and as they grow, quite large, they suck calcium and trace elements out of your tank.

 

[hairycanary]

Originally Posted by 1journeyman
http:///forum/post/2994492
3 inches, on average, is about the size where photosynthesis plays a larger role in feeding a clam than filter foods.
A small butterfly will likely see a large clam as a large meal.
Also, don't forget, clams grow.... and as they grow, quite large, they suck calcium and trace elements out of your tank.

I like clams too.

 

[spkdtch]

they're neato

 

[sbaumann14]

Originally Posted by HairyCanary
http:///forum/post/2995380

I like clams too.
Yep....friied, with a little tartar sauce

 

[salt210]

I havent had the plesure of trying clam yet.