Bakenn Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Been waiting a long time to get a clam and I finally got one! Its flourescent blue and looks/acts super healthy. I've had my tank setup for about 10 months now and thought it was about time to buy what really got me into the hobby in the first place. Its only a couple of inches big so I'll have to feed it, I have Cyclop-eeze and half an empty bottle of soda to put over the clam when I feed it. I took this picture on my iPhone but it actually didn't come out half bad. Let me know what you think! Link to comment
crouton Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 You should finish drinking the rest of the soda before feeding it! J/k It is a beautiful clam, I just put in an order for some new lights so I can get one myself, I cannot wait! When you bought it was it attached to something? How big is it? Link to comment
fretfreak13 Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Have you read somewhere that they actually eat cyclopeeze? I was under impression that the little ones needed phytoplankon, which is something totally different. Link to comment
Bakenn Posted March 23, 2013 Author Share Posted March 23, 2013 LOL I'll be sure to drink it first =). Awesome, your going to love it when you get one. It wasn't attached to anything because the pet store didn't have it for long before I bought it. Its about 2 - 2 1/2 inches so its not able to feed itself by photosynthesizing alone yet. The second I put it on the sand bed it started opening up, it was great. Well I've read that cyclop-eeze can be used for clams but I was also under the impression that they needed a different type of food as well so I'll be looking more into that before I do the first feeding. If anyone has any type of food they prefer to feed their clams please let me know. Link to comment
rafastank727 Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 I believe that's a blue deresa clam, I have the same one. I have never fed mine because they are filter feeders. All it's need it's some low nitrates, iodine, and calcium in your system. I don't dose any of those nutrients, I just replace them with weekly wc using reef crystals. Link to comment
KuansReef Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Be careful not to use chemiclean. I killed all of my clams and not knowing its from chemiclean. Link to comment
MeepNand Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Clams are awesome. I've always loved them. Nice clam! Though I've heard that phyo is better than cyclopeeze. Link to comment
TeflonTomDosh Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 I've been in love with clams since I was about 16 Link to comment
flypenfly Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 I've been in love with clams since I was about 16 Clams are very similar to box. Link to comment
metrokat Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Clams do not eat cyclopeeze. You should feed phytoplankton, especially golden varieties if you can find it. Or you can culture your own. They are great for nutrient export, if you run a dirty system, they will be happy using the nitrates and phosphates. Link to comment
FishDooD65 Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 I feed mine phytoplankton and oyster feast. Clams are filter feeders and are photosynthetic. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Where in the world did you hear that clams can eat cyclops? The can only eat particle sizes of about 20 micron and smaller, bt it is rather unnecessary, they primarily absorb their required nitrogen directly from the water column, preferably from ammonia or nitrate. Link to comment
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