rogierfvv
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Post by rogierfvv on Jun 30, 2016 14:06:34 GMT -5
Well, here's the first installment of the Fresh water clam story: I put one in my 5G invert refugium which is a Matt Owens style operation,with lots of hornwort, duck weed, and some java fern, java moss, etc. housing, MTS, gammarus (scuds), copepods, daphnia, rotifers, planaria, and tubifex and it would seem that the tubifex attacked the fresh water clam and ate it. It was an incredible sight. As soon as he opened up a bit, they invaded, and they went to town on him. He never had a chance. In my 29G I have one in a terracotta pot for my wisteria, where I usually drop some food for my cories... so he'll have some fish food leftovers. We'll see how that works.
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Post by Carl on Jul 1, 2016 13:28:37 GMT -5
Well, here's the first installment of the Fresh water clam story: I put one in my 5G invert refugium which is a Matt Owens style operation,with lots of hornwort, duck weed, and some java fern, java moss, etc. housing, MTS, gammarus (scuds), copepods, daphnia, rotifers, planaria, and tubifex and it would seem that the tubifex attacked the fresh water clam and ate it. It was an incredible sight. As soon as he opened up a bit, they invaded, and they went to town on him. He never had a chance. In my 29G I have one in a terracotta pot for my wisteria, where I usually drop some food for my cories... so he'll have some fish food leftovers. We'll see how that works. I did not know that Tubiflex worms would eat clams, but it does not surprise me either as these are rather nasty, often disease ridden worms from my experience. I ceased even selling these in 1994 Carl
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rogierfvv
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Post by rogierfvv on Jul 2, 2016 9:19:22 GMT -5
Right... That's the reason why Matt Owens recommends running a refugium, since then any fish-borne pathogens would die out for want of a host.
And, by the way, the tubifex also attack a leaf of blanched spinach or a piece of cucumber the same way: they overwhelm it, and that's the way Matt Owens suggests to catch them... I put some blanched lettuce in a filter bag in the refugium, and overnight you catch a load of tubifex that you can feed. Any free-swimming inverts you catch with a net.
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Post by rogierfvv on Aug 27, 2016 11:53:36 GMT -5
Update... so far my freshwater clams did not last long in either my 5G invert refugium, or my 10G dwarf shrimp tank. In the 5G it was devoured by tubifex, and in the 10G by tubifex and shrimp - once they were in, they wasted no time. Except that clam lasted almost 2 months. At this point the clam in my 29G still survives, and he's situated in a flower pot and I tend to put tablets for my bottom feeders in the flowerpot, so the clam get's some of the spill over.
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Post by devonjohnsgard on Aug 29, 2016 14:58:38 GMT -5
I've heard there tricky for some reason. Best is clean sand and making sure they have food.
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