Id - scallop (??) crawling up glass

[Ripside]

Found this today, haven't seen him around before, but I'm surprised to see him climbing up the glass. I'm worried this means he's starving and looking for food...

 

[Gerad]

i would call it more af a clam then a scallop. but i have no id

 

[2fishy]

Wow, that is really cool! It does look like a clam of some sort.

 

[ducati1212]

I had almost the same thing onmy glass when my tank was new. no one really new what it was. They were cool and only around for 3 days then gone

here is mine

 

[dc]

They look like the kind of clams you eat. I believe they are fairly short lived in our tanks. I've had some in my rocks, never seen them climb the glass tho. Kind of neat tho.

 

[Ripside]

I think it might be a cleaner clam. From what I read on another fish board, they are the same kind you get in stores (and in fact you can go buy them, put them in a glass of water until they spit, to make sure they're alive then put them in the tank).

They seem to have mixed reviews, some say they're long-lived, some say short. Lots of people say they have a reputation for reducing nitrate, although other than the cleaning function, I'm not sure how that would happen.

Mine has been around awhile, I haven't added any rock that he could have been attached to in a long time.

 

[dc]

LOL, yeah everybody has a different opinion for sure. It will be cool if they do survive long term. I love scoping out different critters in the tank.