feeding my clams

jsl6v8

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I'm sure this is answered in half a hundred threads in here but here we go, I have a dersasa maybe 4 or 5 inches and a ultra ora crocea maybe 2.5 inches in my 20gal tank, currently there is a pygmy angel in there that hasn't picked at them but i'm woring on getting him out with a water bottle cut out. I currently feed coral vibrance, photoplankton, cyclopeese(s/p), DTs and a couple other things (not all at once I rotated throughout the week), I feed most of this more for my sps and zoas and mushrooms than the clams as i understand they live pretty much off of my 150W viper, I think its a 14k light but its pretty white so it might be a 10k. I also understand that the zooanthelids, I'm sure that is spelled wrong, pretty much eat ammonia. So now for my question as I only have the one fish in my tank and my ammonia and nitrates/ites and phosphates have always read 0 should I be introducing ammonia and nitrates into the tank? And if I should have should I go about this, I've read an article online about a guy who at the very least seemed like he knew what he was talking about that discussed blood letting into the tank and urinating into his tank, I can only guess that this is done to introduce ammonia or at least I hope this is the reasoning. I'm a little weary about standing on my bed unzipping my pants and feeding my clams in fact I think I'd rather ***** my finger or something and draw some blood. If this is a suggested means of feeding, wow this sounds strange, how much urine or blood shoud I be introducing into the tank and how often? On the plus side I am an O+ universal donor. As for the urine I'm guessing you should be well hydrated and having clear urine to have less impurities... any information would be great. I think this is right up there with the funniest but most serious thing I've ever posted on RC.
 
dont urinate or add blood to your tank. with the amount of food your adding to the tank there will be plenty of nitrogen and phosphorus in the water.

can you link this article?
 
Its something I read about 6 months ago when I first started reading up on clams, like I said before though when I test my tank I read 0 for nitrogens and phosphates, and I plan on moving the one fish I have in out as soon as possible, would it just be wisest to keep feeding what I'm feeding.
 
just because the test kit says 0 dosent mean there is none in there. i would keep feeding the way you are. why dont you add a few small gobies or something
 
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