tetraodon Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Thanks all for your advise and support but I'm sad to report that the clam didn't make it It took a turn for the worse last night and by morning it was shrived inside it's shell. Everything else in the tank seems to be doing fine. sorry it happened to you, hope you dont get too discouraged Link to comment
FishyFishy11 Posted August 5, 2014 Author Share Posted August 5, 2014 that sucks but it happens I lost a gorgeous maxima myself that was gaping shortly after I got it and it started to recover and was looking pretty good then just died one day out of nowhere.. don't let it scare you away from clams though.. I just prefer to pick mine out in person.. sorry it happened to you, hope you dont get too discouraged Thanks guys! I'm pretty sad he didn't make it... but I won't let it get to me. I think they add so much to a tank and I'll definitely have another go at it Link to comment
ZephNYC Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Thanks guys! I'm pretty sad he didn't make it... but I won't let it get to me. I think they add so much to a tank and I'll definitely have another go at it Trust me, it's not your fault. Healthy wild clams are hard to find. Try a PEA farmed clam. They should do far better. Link to comment
xzeror Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Trust me, it's not your fault. Healthy wild clams are hard to find. Try a PEA farmed clam. They should do far better. I intend to try again with a clam from them. Link to comment
FishyFishy11 Posted August 6, 2014 Author Share Posted August 6, 2014 Trust me, it's not your fault. Healthy wild clams are hard to find. Try a PEA farmed clam. They should do far better. Thanks Zeph! I've got my eye on one of their Tahitian cultured maximas... Link to comment
tetraodon Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Thanks Zeph! I've got my eye on one of their Tahitian cultured maximas... If your near the north east cultivated reef has great maximas and cheap shipping Link to comment
Hart24601 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 My very favorite clam food, and all experts will agree with me, is fish poop. Feeding clams is so near to useless, I don't know a single authority that does so. Except for Metrokat. I do feed mine though, because my tanks carry very low nutrients and I have problems keeping certain species, but my honest opinion is it doesn't help much at all. Look at Tetra, that raised a tiny 1 inch maxima without feeding. An accomplishment some would consider impossible. Has the maxima attached to anything? Think fishpoop is a better food than carbon dosing? Link to comment
basser1 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Think fishpoop is a better food than carbon dosing? YEP!!!! Link to comment
Hart24601 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 YEP!!!! How so? I am just curious. It seems that clams can potentially uptake carbon directly from the water along with the carbon dosing increasing the amount of bacteria and other organisms that clams can directly ingest. Is there anything more from fish poop the clam consumes besides ammonia? Link to comment
basser1 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 In our small systems, I just don't like dosing much of anything. It is just one more thing that can mess things up. Just my 2 pennies...... Link to comment
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