who keeps clams?

[sc2dave]

I did a search and all i found was people feeding them to their fish. Does anyone keep them to help with water quality,etc?

 

[RianS]

I once saw them at a pet store when i was buying feeder shrimp and asked if i could have them and the store owner gladly gave them away. Later i found out they're used to filter water but i really just had them because it was interesting. However their very sensitive and one died then all died. Luckily when they died they unburrowed themselves.
BTW this was in a 20g planted filtered with a eheim 2215 so it didn't really need the clams to help filter

 

[piggy67]

There are two famlies of freshwater clams.Sphaeridae and Unionidae. They are filter feeders and can help keep your water clean by filtering food particles from your water. Some require phytoplankton to survive which can be grown in a glass of water set in a window. Try these links for more information..

http://search.comcast.net/?cat=Web&con=homepage&q=freshwater+clams


Dion....

 

[cichlid_fever]

I have about 15 in a 125g they help the nitrates alot,since ive had them my nitrates have ben on point

 

[EmrePekdeniz]

I have two clams, approx. 12-13 cm each. They're great, but they can uproot your plants if the roots aren't strong enough, so you may want to confine them maybe.

 

[ballinouttacntrol]

any pics to the people who have them?

 

[EmrePekdeniz]

Here's one... I wasn't really taking a picture of the clam but the albino pleco, mind you.

from my carnivorous plants paludarium:
http://s1139.photobucket.com/albums/n548/Pekdeniz/