The benefit of feeding clams
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ichthyogeek
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Oh please do. My fish are begging you.
Are you ever concerned that you might be introducing heavy metals like copper and mercury into your tanks because clams are filter feeders? Or are copper and mercury just kept in the fish and don't affect invertebrates?
Are you ever concerned that you might be introducing heavy metals like copper and mercury into your tanks because clams are filter feeders? Or are copper and mercury just kept in the fish and don't affect invertebrates?
Paul B
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Ichthyogeek, the tank is 43 years old, if that were the case, it would have crashed many years ago. Copper, and mercury are in all fish and in your water in trace amounts and even with 43 years of accumulation has not yet been a problem. That should tell you something.
And besides, I think metal accumulation in tanks is over rated
And besides, I think metal accumulation in tanks is over rated
reelredfish
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I can get clams but in DFW area they wont be alive maybe on ice thats probably about the best we can do.
If they are still holding them-self closed then they are alive, if they open with finger pressure than both you and your fish should not be eating them.
reelredfish
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Ok good to know i may give this a try.
gdemos
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Ok I have to... Did you say "chowder clams"? Cmon man. Quahog, it's called a quahog, not a cherry stone and not a steamer. They are the big honkers us RI guys use the shells as ash trays for and in mass quantities they make for a good looking driveway. Personally I think quahogs are best served as stuffies. Cherry stones are decent raw. Steamers are darn good in August. If your really desperate quahog bits are good in clam cakes. Glad your tank likes em. And man ur getting ripped off at .50 each. That's a nickel at most. Unless of course your a New Yorker. All in good fun.
Paul B
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Aha. Gdemos as my Sicilian family has been in the sea food business since the Roman Empire we call those really big quahogs, chowder clams because that's about all you can do with them is make chowder or make cannonballs. Scientifically, they are quahogs, but like the names of tropical fish, the street name is chowder clam. Unless of course you are from RI. :beer:
i think ima go get me some clams im hungry...
dkeller_nc
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Hmm - never ever (eat them). Farmed shrimp with lots of unpleasant, banned-in-the-US antibiotics like chloramphenicol. I wouldn't feed them to fish, either.
Paul B
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I would not eat farmed shrimp, cod, salmon or anything else farmed except maybe hamburgers and I rarely eat them as I live on wild seafood. I would also not even eat wild shrimp, salmon, cod or anything else from Thailand or anywhere besides the US.
But raw oysters and clams are my favorite
Also like crabs
And shrimp, octopus, squid, scungel etc.
But raw oysters and clams are my favorite
Also like crabs
And shrimp, octopus, squid, scungel etc.
Ichthyogeek, the tank is 43 years old, if that were the case, it would have crashed many years ago. Copper, and mercury are in all fish and in your water in trace amounts and even with 43 years of accumulation has not yet been a problem. That should tell you something.
And besides, I think metal accumulation in tanks is over rated
You sir are godly! This is hilarious
brycerb
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I hardly ever see them in my WY home. Cost me 2.50 for 3 small ones. They were $5.00 something a pound. :uhoh3: I have been ripped off, call the clam enforcement peeps! And I froze them and sliced then. My fishes would only eat the smallest pieces. So then I sliced the slices. And then chopped fine. Then froze them in cubes. And then I sliced the frozen cube before feeding again. They ate them and wanted more. Must get my money's worth since they cost me more than silver! Attempting to buy some live black worms now to add to the clams. :ape: I still consider it worth doing.
Shelley
