keeping freshwater clams with cats

[tscharf]

is it safe to keep freshwater clams with catfish. i have a RTC, RTC hybrid, TSN, Ripsaw and a pleco, would the clams be safe? moreover if the cats eat them will they hurt them??

 

[MaverickG13]

I dont know but I have a feeling that the cats will eat them. And even if they do, I dont think it should be a problem. RTCs in their natural habitat do swallow crabs whole.

 

[tscharf]

yea makes sense i just wasnt sure how the clam shells would digest

 

[MaverickG13]

Well the shell is exoskeleton, and its pretty much calcium (if I'm not mistaken... I did get pretty bad grades in my high school zoology class)

 

[OscarRobinson]

I have heard (and I say heard not no for a fact) that when the freshwater clams start to breed the eggs can get into the fish's gills and cause problems. Agian that's just what I've heard.

 

[tscharf]

anyone know anything else about the eggs? and yea if there calcium, eating the shells may be good for the fish.

 

[The1and only]

the eggs thing depends on the type of clam. Some do some don't.

 

[tscharf]

which ones do? just so i know

 

[willwill98]

They will kill the clams I don't know about eating them.

 

[tscharf]

They will kill the clams I don't know about eating them.

100% sure?