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alkomist
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Location: Fontana CA
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 | | Subject: Fresh water Clams!!!!!!! Wed Mar 17, 2010 10:45 am | |
| Does any 1 know anything bout fresh water Clams??
can they be kepy pretty ok in an aquarium??
i ask becuz with eatser commin up ma entire family goes down to a HUGE PARK
that has a freshwater beach/Lake!!!
its pretty nice!!!
iv gotten a cpl clams before but never did anything with em!
i wanna know if i would be able to put them in a cpl of my tanks......
i want some!!
any one???
and a PRE- Thanx to those that help!:) |
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typicaltony
Master Sergeant
Posts: 271
Location: Dallas, TX
| | Subject: Re: Fresh water Clams!!!!!!! Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:21 am | |
| i have had some in my 25g i got off of aquabid, out of the 4 i got 2 survived.. i like them, very cool to watch them bounce all around and dig themselves in the gravel. |
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alkomist
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Location: Fontana CA
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| | Subject: Re: Fresh water Clams!!!!!!! Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:22 am | |
| they bounce??? lol
thats kool!!! how much were they on aqua bid?
and wat kind? |
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ilicurtisili
Colonel
Posts: 1428
Location: watauga
| | Subject: Re: Fresh water Clams!!!!!!! Wed Mar 17, 2010 12:26 pm | |
| i had some for like 2 days. they were kinda like snails on the bottom. then my oscars seen them.  |
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alkomist
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| | Subject: Re: Fresh water Clams!!!!!!! Wed Mar 17, 2010 12:52 pm | |
| haha
did they really eat em? |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: Fresh water Clams!!!!!!! Wed Mar 17, 2010 2:03 pm | |
| I have heard that they are a bit of a pain unless you really know what you are doing. If one dies and you don't find it within a day or so it can foul up your tank pretty bad. I looked into them about a year ago and risk vs reward wasn't to my liking at all so I stayed away from them. |
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alkomist
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Location: Fontana CA
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| | Subject: Re: Fresh water Clams!!!!!!! Wed Mar 17, 2010 2:09 pm | |
| LAME!!!!!
iv read a lil bout em!
supposebly care for them is really easy!!!
and that their good filters themselves??
they keep the sand and water clean....... |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: Fresh water Clams!!!!!!! Wed Mar 17, 2010 2:13 pm | |
| There are a lot of clams that when they reproduce their young are parasites that can hurt fish....
If you want to try them do so in a fishless tank and see how you like them and if you can care for them before putting them into a main tank...... 3 weeks minimum, in case of disease. |
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sal
Chief Wrnt. Off. 2
Posts: 378
Location: Riverside, ca
Favorite Fish:: All Cichlids.
| | Subject: Re: Fresh water Clams!!!!!!! Wed Mar 17, 2010 2:24 pm | |
| I wuld stay away if i wer you. The water conditions in your tank are way differant than a lake. They will start to produce toxins to mimmic their needs and throw your levels off and eventualy die. They stink bad when they do(trust me!). Lake Perris is where my kids got them from. |
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alkomist
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| | Subject: Re: Fresh water Clams!!!!!!! Wed Mar 17, 2010 2:33 pm | |
| thats wat i was thinkin bout doin!!
they said the smallest tank u can have em in is a 10....and i got lik 3 or so!!:)
ima have to QT them any way! they are goin to be WC clams
how do u know wen they die though??lol |
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alkomist
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Location: Fontana CA
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| | Subject: Re: Fresh water Clams!!!!!!! Wed Mar 17, 2010 2:35 pm | |
| | sal wrote: | | I wuld stay away if i wer you. The water conditions in your tank are way differant than a lake. They will start to produce toxins to mimmic their needs and throw your levels off and eventualy die. They stink bad when they do(trust me!). Lake Perris is where my kids got them from. |
aww man!! i c y!!!
Lake perris SUX!!!!!!!!!
thats the dirtiest water that cann ever be in a lake!!!
i wouldnt get em from lake perris!
im thinkin Faiplex park!!! lol |
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sal
Chief Wrnt. Off. 2
Posts: 378
Location: Riverside, ca
Favorite Fish:: All Cichlids.
| | Subject: Re: Fresh water Clams!!!!!!! Wed Mar 17, 2010 2:38 pm | |
| The clam will stay open and mine took about three days when i started to smell some funk. |
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