Freshwater Clams

[yayfish24]

I have A LOT in my 90 gallon tank. I got them from the river behind my house. No problems what so ever. I just put them in till it looked good. I have close to 2 dozen small ones. The only advice i have is if you get a big one it will move your plants and other decor around when it moves.

I have a few of them but Ive never seen any of them move anywhere.

 

[ashtree68]

I've heard you can do 1 for every 10 gallons or so, I'm interested in getting some but none of the LFS around here sell them.

 

[xaznkewlguyx]

i kept them until reading that when they reproduce the larvae can stick to the your fish' gills which can be deadly. So I moved them to my feeder tank.

 

[Fat Homer]

^ I've read about that as well, which does worry me a little... but might still just keep trying it until i actually see them reproduce, at which point i'll probably move them to another smaller tank...

 

[Pyramid_Party]

Ive heard of that problem too and also that they dont have long lifespans. They can die while buried and cause an ammonia spike. Some guy had a journal on keeping them and detailed everything and said ti was more hassle than it was worth. So I never bought them because of these reasons.

 

[Fat Homer]

Do you by any chance have a link to that journal you read, coz it would be interesting to know a bit more about them, since i can't seem to find much info on these critters...

 

[Pyramid_Party]

I can try and dig it up. I had found it while searching on google. It was basically like a college study journal. I will try and find it.

 

[Fat Homer]

^ thanks, appreciate the help...

 

[Shm1701]

I would watch the puffer, from my experience puffers like to eat snails and clams are not to far behind. If you have a sump for your tank try putting some in there that way there not on the menu.

 

[SemperFish]

I was going to get some but I heard its hard to tell when they are dead. and when they die, they fould up the water fast.