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Post by murdock6701 on Jul 13, 2009 13:29:23 GMT -5
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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Post by babygeige on Jul 13, 2009 14:55:15 GMT -5
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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Post by babygeige on Jul 13, 2009 15:08:15 GMT -5
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Post by murdock6701 on Jul 13, 2009 15:21:40 GMT -5
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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Post by babygeige on Jul 13, 2009 21:48:01 GMT -5
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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Post by murdock6701 on Jul 14, 2009 18:58:30 GMT -5
fresh or salt water clam Steph?
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Post by babygeige on Jul 20, 2009 20:21:26 GMT -5
Oh, sorry, I've somehow been missing this thread! It was a saltwater clam. I was at Myrtle Beach.
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Post by kagome on Jul 20, 2009 23:12:24 GMT -5
Darn it, now I want clam chowder. lol
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Post by murdock6701 on Jul 21, 2009 18:15:20 GMT -5
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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Post by babygeige on Jul 22, 2009 14:42:16 GMT -5
Fortunately it didn't hang on too long. It was more of a hit and run. But it did smart!
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Post by Penycat on Oct 20, 2009 14:51:59 GMT -5
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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Post by murdock6701 on Oct 20, 2009 18:58:03 GMT -5
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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Post by Carl on Oct 21, 2009 9:05:34 GMT -5
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....... 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. Carl
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Post by Ameenah on May 31, 2014 22:14:31 GMT -5
I appear to be several years too late to send a reply to this thread, but will do so anyways in the chance someone else is interested in freshwater clams.
I have 20 (at latest count 5-30-14) They are "filter feeders" which means that they eat the same waste and organic debris that an aquarium filter would remove from the water. They are not too picky on water hardness or pH as long as your levels are consistent. I keep a 1.5 a 2 inch level of black sand in the tank which allows me to view their feeder tubes seeking microscopic morsels of food.
I house my Dwarf Gourami fishes in the tank with the fresh water clams and it works out just fine. Partial water changes are done when needed (about once every 3-4 weeks.)
A point regarding shipping: wrapping the fresh water clams loosely in several layers of wet paper towels and placing this into a zip lock type bag will allow the clams to survive 3-4 days. Remember to acclimatize. I opted to use the shipping zip lock type bag (without paper towels) and simply floated this in the tank to slowly bring the temperature up and every 15 minutes or so I would add a bit of aquarium water to the bag until 1/2 full of water and then released the clams. It takes about 15 minutes for the clams to burrow into the sand.
I recently began using non-medicated Wonder Shells (purchase online at American Aquarium Products!) in all my aquariums including the tank my clams reside in.
Do not treat the aquarium with medications containing copper! If you need to treat the fish in the same tank as the clams re- house the clams until the next water change - a glass pie pan filled with sand works well as temporary clam housing.
An unhealthy fresh water clam will open its 2 halves widely, and may "surface" prior to death (according to the person I purchased mine from). I have not lost a clam personally, in fact my clams are multiplying!
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Post by devonjohnsgard on Jun 2, 2014 10:12:38 GMT -5
!!! ok, well I guess I didn't really know about these guys and I didn't notice them in your tank Ameenah. I have a layered substrate bottom, with sand first, then Seachem Flourite, then a thin layer of rock. Do these guys need to have sand? Im interested in trying them out but don't know if the rock and flourite would be too hard for them. Where did you get yours Ameenah?
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Post by rogierfvv on Jun 23, 2016 10:27:47 GMT -5
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Post by devonjohnsgard on Jun 23, 2016 13:06:54 GMT -5
Lots of great discussions over this forums time. I still want clams, no one has them here
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Post by mmfed01 on Jun 23, 2016 22:59:17 GMT -5
I'll be curious to see how this goes. I've read they act like a "living filter". Arizona Aquatic Gardens has them but I refuse to purchase from them for "other" reasons...
Mike
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Post by rogierfvv on Jun 24, 2016 20:31:41 GMT -5
I think people are very confused about this 'living filter' business. They are indeed filter feeders, and my main concern is that the water in a tank with UV might be to clean to keep them in, since the UV might kill off algae in the water that the clams would feed off. I am going to watch that closely.
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Post by Carl on Jun 25, 2016 10:25:44 GMT -5
I think people are very confused about this 'living filter' business. They are indeed filter feeders, and my main concern is that the water in a tank with UV might be to clean to keep them in, since the UV might kill off algae in the water that the clams would feed off. I am going to watch that closely. I have to agree with you here Rogier A clam is an animal that is going to put out more wastes, ammonia, etc than they are going to take in. Not the same as a plant. Carl
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