Does anyone have any, and what is your opinion on them. Would they be good to have in a 75 gallon community tank?
freshwater clams
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if u have sand and fish that arnt big enough to eat them as in crushstation eaters they be fine oh ya if u didnt know alredy they filter for foododphelo said:
i have had some in the past but i think there is not enough food in the tank and they always die in a couple of weeks and polute the water even just 5 in a 55 tank
Keep in mind that these freshwater clams when reproducing produce copious amoust of small offspring that will attach themself to the gills of your fish and continue to feed of them untill they reach a size where they can begin to feed as adults. Your better off just steaming those things and having a few friends over. 
*that is IF they can manage to filter enough food to sustain themselves.
*that is IF they can manage to filter enough food to sustain themselves.
Hiya oddphelo, welcome to MFK, I know that clams can be fed using a baster and liquified flake food but as Marc said, many FW clams go through a hitchhiker stage that is very irritating to the fish, some of the ones sold in lfs don't have that stage.
Marc said:Keep in mind that these freshwater clams when reproducing produce copious amoust of small offspring that will attach themself to the gills of your fish and continue to feed of them untill they reach a size where they can begin to feed as adults. Your better off just steaming those things and having a few friends over.
*that is IF they can manage to filter enough food to sustain themselves.
Asian/golden clams (Corbicula spp.), the most commonly available variety, do not produce glochidia.
That is the one, I have never kept them and only heard about them recently, it was on this site that I heard of them, I have since read that they will also filter feed on brine shrimp naupuli.Veneer said: