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I was thinking or setting up a tiny little tank with a clam a mussel and an oyster , all three just being run of the mill supermarket kinds) How much salt would need to be added per liter of water? Also what do there eat?
You will need cold water at full seawater strength (sg 1.025) using sea water mix, and you will need lots of liquid fry food or reef keepers food or green water infusoria. Not an easy project.
GS-Rock
03-24-2006, 1:48 PM
clams are good in slumps because thay eat micro algee (algee blooms) and other small stuff, its like having a UV filter but only cheaper, mussels imo are not good they attach themselfs to everything including outgoing pump inlet and stop the flow of things and make your tank water bad, but thats just what happend to me it might work out better for you
Cnidaria
04-14-2006, 2:25 AM
depending on species and room temperature you may need a chiller. Those can get expensive.
DeLgAdO
04-14-2006, 2:28 AM
clams are good in slumps because thay eat micro algee (algee blooms) and other small stuff, its like having a UV filter but only cheaper, mussels imo are not good they attach themselfs to everything including outgoing pump inlet and stop the flow of things and make your tank water bad, but thats just what happend to me it might work out better for you
but like gupps said, they need cold water
they wont survive in a tropical tank
This seems pretty complicated.. I probibly shouldn't do it unless I get a big tank with them in a sump..
but like gupps said, they need cold water
they wont survive in a tropical tank
There are freshwater tropical clams, A person on aquabid sells them. I've never had them so I don't know a thing about them.