snookedsteve
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I felt like a hero today. i saved 5 little neck clams from my grocers cooler for $1.83. They are now pardoned into my tank to feed on my nitrates. Thanks to every one for saving me some money. Every little bit counts.
I'm a hero
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the j.o.p.
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i had some that lived for 2 months. until my mantis dug them up and ate them
hatessushi
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My Little are doing fine and not to big to fit between the rocks.
Mantis shrimp are the scourge of the aquarium, grrrrr. They sure are colorful though.
Mantis shrimp are the scourge of the aquarium, grrrrr. They sure are colorful though.
garnet13aj
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My littles are also doing fine, except when they have an encounter with my cc star. Either way they are serving a purpose. I love those little guys.
1journeyman
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Originally Posted by reefkprZ
cherry stone clams are better IMO they are larger and can consume alot more and are better suited to the warmer temps of the marine reef. little necks are from cooler waters and may not thrive in a warm marine tank.
As I understand it, they are the same clams, just different sizes. I believe they are all actually Quahogs.
cherry stone clams are better IMO they are larger and can consume alot more and are better suited to the warmer temps of the marine reef. little necks are from cooler waters and may not thrive in a warm marine tank.
As I understand it, they are the same clams, just different sizes. I believe they are all actually Quahogs.
maelv
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Originally Posted by snookedsteve
I felt like a hero today. i saved 5 little neck clams from my grocers cooler for $1.83. They are now pardoned into my tank to feed on my nitrates. Thanks to every one for saving me some money. Every little bit counts.
Okay how did you get these clams? You go to the seafood counter and asked for ....... ????
I know ignorant question, I am starting out and would rather ask the question here than go to the store and someone announce my idiotic question over the loud speaker like it were a blue light special at K Mart....
Thanks.
I felt like a hero today. i saved 5 little neck clams from my grocers cooler for $1.83. They are now pardoned into my tank to feed on my nitrates. Thanks to every one for saving me some money. Every little bit counts.
Okay how did you get these clams? You go to the seafood counter and asked for ....... ????
I know ignorant question, I am starting out and would rather ask the question here than go to the store and someone announce my idiotic question over the loud speaker like it were a blue light special at K Mart....
Thanks.
snookedsteve
Member
They are at the seafood counter in the cooler with the "fresh shrimp". The ones I got said they were live. I would just make sure to ask if they are live or previously frozen.
swabearf16
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Snooked, were there any problems acclimating them from 40 degrees to 78 degrees? Seems like a huge jump in temperature. I'm assuming they were refrigerated or near frozen when you picked them up.
reefkprz
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Originally Posted by 1journeyman
As I understand it, they are the same clams, just different sizes. I believe they are all actually Quahogs.
my bad your right, I was thinking little necks were regular steamers wich could be any of four species,The four clam species generally called "steamers," are Manilas, native littlenecks (quahog), cockles, and butter clams.
The hard clam has many alternative names in addition to quahog. It is also known as the Northern Quahog, round clam or chowder clam. Furthermore, in fishmarkets there are specialist names for different sizes of hard clam, corresponding to their different culinary uses. The smallest clams are called littlenecks, medium clams are called cherrystones, and the largest are called quahogs or chowder clams. Topnecks are clams that fall between littlenecks and cherrystones, though this designation is seldom used except in markets. Of all these names, the most distinctive is Quahog (pronounced "KO-hog", IPA /kohɑɡ/ (never as "kwag", or "kwa-HOG" IPA /kwɑhɑɡ/). This name comes from the Narragansett word "poquauhock" (the word is similar in Wampanoag and some other Algonquian languages), and as New England Indians made valuable beads called wampum from the shells (especially the purple color), the species name mercenaria is related to the Latin word for "money".
As I understand it, they are the same clams, just different sizes. I believe they are all actually Quahogs.
my bad your right, I was thinking little necks were regular steamers wich could be any of four species,The four clam species generally called "steamers," are Manilas, native littlenecks (quahog), cockles, and butter clams.
The hard clam has many alternative names in addition to quahog. It is also known as the Northern Quahog, round clam or chowder clam. Furthermore, in fishmarkets there are specialist names for different sizes of hard clam, corresponding to their different culinary uses. The smallest clams are called littlenecks, medium clams are called cherrystones, and the largest are called quahogs or chowder clams. Topnecks are clams that fall between littlenecks and cherrystones, though this designation is seldom used except in markets. Of all these names, the most distinctive is Quahog (pronounced "KO-hog", IPA /kohɑɡ/ (never as "kwag", or "kwa-HOG" IPA /kwɑhɑɡ/). This name comes from the Narragansett word "poquauhock" (the word is similar in Wampanoag and some other Algonquian languages), and as New England Indians made valuable beads called wampum from the shells (especially the purple color), the species name mercenaria is related to the Latin word for "money".
snookedsteve
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There was no problems. i just put them in some tank water and they started to spit. Then I put them in the tank. They still haven't buried themselves yet.
1journeyman
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Originally Posted by snookedsteve
There was no problems. i just put them in some tank water and they started to spit. Then I put them in the tank. They still haven't buried themselves yet.
Mine always seem to wait until lights out to burrow.
There was no problems. i just put them in some tank water and they started to spit. Then I put them in the tank. They still haven't buried themselves yet.
Mine always seem to wait until lights out to burrow.
reefkprz
Active Member
Originally Posted by maelv
Okay how did you get these clams? You go to the seafood counter and asked for ....... ????
I know ignorant question, I am starting out and would rather ask the question here than go to the store and someone announce my idiotic question over the loud speaker like it were a blue light special at K Mart....
Thanks.
just go to the seafood counter and pick out a couple littleneck, cherrystone, or quahogs (depending on how much sand you have) I buy the cherry stones.
Okay how did you get these clams? You go to the seafood counter and asked for ....... ????
I know ignorant question, I am starting out and would rather ask the question here than go to the store and someone announce my idiotic question over the loud speaker like it were a blue light special at K Mart....
Thanks.
just go to the seafood counter and pick out a couple littleneck, cherrystone, or quahogs (depending on how much sand you have) I buy the cherry stones.
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indydirk
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Originally Posted by reefkprZ
just go to the seafood counter and pick out a couple littleneck, cherrystone, or quahogs (depending on how much sand you have) I buy the cherry stones.
After seeing this thread on here I went out this morning and our local store had a sale on cherrystones @ $1.33 lbs got just over 3 lbs for right at $4.25 (12). Came home and put some tank water in a bucket and dumped em in. All but one spit and opened up, so now my 75 gallon tank has 11 "cheap" cleaner clams in it. In a few days I'm gonna check my nitrates again and hopefully they will have gone down. Oh, and by the way, they started burying themselves with an hour or so, cool to watch.
just go to the seafood counter and pick out a couple littleneck, cherrystone, or quahogs (depending on how much sand you have) I buy the cherry stones.