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fresh water clams
« Thread Started on Jul 13, 2009, 1:29pm »

anyone ever tried them in a tank? - all I have is gravel bottoms....have lived near the ocean enough to know the marine varieties bury themselves - daughter bought me home 2 yesterday and I'm ready to take them back to the lake but just figured I'd ask

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Re: fresh water clams
« Reply #1 on Jul 13, 2009, 2:55pm »

I've read about people keeping them before, but I don't know any specifics. I'll try to remember where I saw it...

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Re: fresh water clams
« Reply #2 on Jul 13, 2009, 3:08pm »

I did a quick search on AC and found a couple of threads. Here is one: http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/sho....freshwater+clam

It sounds like they can be difficult.

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Re: fresh water clams
« Reply #3 on Jul 13, 2009, 3:21pm »

thanks Steph, that's pretty much what I figured - looks like they go back to the lake - thank you daughter Jessica for your kind thoughts, but kids can sometimes be more of a pain in the you-know-what w/ their good intentions! LOL!

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Re: fresh water clams
« Reply #4 on Jul 13, 2009, 9:48pm »

It was a sweet idea. They look like they would be fun.
I got bit by a clam at the beach once though...

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Re: fresh water clams
« Reply #5 on Jul 14, 2009, 6:58pm »

fresh or salt water clam Steph?

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Re: fresh water clams
« Reply #6 on Jul 20, 2009, 8:21pm »

Oh, sorry, I've somehow been missing this thread!
It was a saltwater clam. I was at Myrtle Beach.

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Re: fresh water clams
« Reply #7 on Jul 20, 2009, 11:12pm »

Darn it, now I want clam chowder. lol

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Re: fresh water clams
« Reply #8 on Jul 21, 2009, 6:15pm »

Jul 20, 2009, 8:21pm, babygeige wrote:

Oh, sorry, I've somehow been missing this thread!
It was a saltwater clam. I was at Myrtle Beach.

having grown up on the Atlantic Ocean, sw clams don't give up very easy either - OUCH!

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Re: fresh water clams
« Reply #9 on Jul 22, 2009, 2:42pm »

Fortunately it didn't hang on too long. It was more of a hit and run. But it did smart!

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Re: fresh water clams
« Reply #10 on Oct 20, 2009, 2:51pm »

I'm glad you all are/were talking about this. I was on ebay looking at filters (need a few canisters for a few things in the fish room) and there was a guy selling fw clams like crazy on there. I asked him a few questions about them, haven't heard back yet (though I just wrote an hour ago, so not expecting anything that fast) but I too was wondering about these and was interested enough that I might just add sand to the bottoms of some of my tanks, all of which are bare bottomed right now for ease of cleaning...

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Re: fresh water clams
« Reply #11 on Oct 20, 2009, 6:58pm »

I sure wouldn't if it were me but then again we're all different - I'd say ok maybe if you had a tank w/ native fish in it that came from water that also had clams, but to buy them from from someone on ebay, you never know what kind of ecosystem they came from to begin w/! sorry if I'm a downer Sarah, just my opinion.......

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Re: fresh water clams
« Reply #12 on Oct 21, 2009, 9:05am »

Oct 20, 2009, 6:58pm, murdock6701 wrote:

I have to agree with John.

I had an eBay store for years, and after dealing with many other sellers & buyers, getting out of eBay was a major stress reliever. I could never trust anything at eBay, especially live.

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