Hi there How about Cleaner Clams
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BeanMachine
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Copepods, isopods, worms, etc. all need time to populate before you add a fish or invertebrate that relies solely on them to survive. Two days isn't enough time, although you don't have the same light requirement problem as you would with tridacna clams.
*Sorry I missed you were gonna wait a month or so. Add the mud for sure. I am using the stuff in my fuge and I've got pods everywhere. Also add some small peices of live rock to the fuge, sort of like a pod motel for them to make little babies and whatever.
*Sorry I missed you were gonna wait a month or so. Add the mud for sure. I am using the stuff in my fuge and I've got pods everywhere. Also add some small peices of live rock to the fuge, sort of like a pod motel for them to make little babies and whatever.
cocoaandme
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Yes I agree. Those clams are delicious.
I have 3 filter-feeding clams in my tank. They are non-photosynthetic as one of them is in a corner underneath some macroalgae. I have no clue what species they are as they grew out of my live rock about 3 years ago. They do not look like the ones in your picture. They are kinda spiney and have lots of different algae's on them.
GTR
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^^^
Mercenaria mercenaria require sand or mud, at least in the wild. The bivalves with spines are definitely a different specie.
Mercenaria mercenaria are not from tropical waters. You'll see them in the stores covered with ice. That ice isn't there to keep them from spoiling it's there to keep them from dieing.
It's like snails, you can go down to the local beaches and collect snails (legally or not) and they won't survive long in water near 80 all the time in our tanks. I would imagine it's the same with these clams. Any reduction in nitrate would soon be negated when the clam dies in the system and goes unnoticed.
Mercenaria mercenaria require sand or mud, at least in the wild. The bivalves with spines are definitely a different specie.
Mercenaria mercenaria are not from tropical waters. You'll see them in the stores covered with ice. That ice isn't there to keep them from spoiling it's there to keep them from dieing.
It's like snails, you can go down to the local beaches and collect snails (legally or not) and they won't survive long in water near 80 all the time in our tanks. I would imagine it's the same with these clams. Any reduction in nitrate would soon be negated when the clam dies in the system and goes unnoticed.
I'd suggest checking out Indo Pacific sea farms--they are out of Hawaii and sell refugium starter kit, live sand activator, etc. And, they sell a tropical clam but all the advice given above would still apply about age of tank etc. This is the bizness of the guy (Heslinga) who pioneered captive breeding of giant clams. BTW I'm not affiliated just shilling for the outfit, lol.