2muchreef4u Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 i found this site that has a great idea about having a 'clam bed' in a fuge. basically they offer 100 clams about 1/4"-1/2" in size for about $10. i think this a good idea of having clams live in a dsb in your fuge since clams live in the sand bed, filter feeders and stir up the sand maybe even better than hermits or gobies. has anyone tried this yet? also check out this sites' pod farm-huge by the way, here's the link: http://www.octopets.com/Merchant2/merchant...de=Octopus-Feed Link to comment
RobD Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 From the species information I found here, http://www.tonmo.com/cephcare/equipment.php , this doesn't seem to be a tropical species. Link to comment
2muchreef4u Posted June 16, 2004 Author Share Posted June 16, 2004 yeah ... not planning on having an octopus-ever, but just another alternative for a fuge system. Link to comment
tinyreef Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 i've thought about clam/mollusk refugiums but the drain on ca/alk would be tremendous! you'd probably get better results and similar ca/alk drain from halimeda. another drawback on the clams is that they are filter feeders and they may extract more zooplankton than they contribute to the water. plankton generation being one of the main reasons (imo) for a refugium in the first place. finally, actual exporting of the bio-accumulated waste would be more difficult with clams than algae (e.g. halimeda above). you can just prune and toss with algae. you could theoretically do the same with clams but it just seems more wasteful (animal vs. plant). i wouldn't eat it. jmo Link to comment
2muchreef4u Posted June 16, 2004 Author Share Posted June 16, 2004 Originally posted by tinyreef i've thought about clam/mollusk refugiums but the drain on ca/alk would be tremendous! you'd probably get better results and similar ca/alk drain from halimeda. another drawback on the clams is that they are filter feeders and they may extract more zooplankton than they contribute to the water. plankton generation being one of the main reasons (imo) for a refugium in the first place. finally, actual exporting of the bio-accumulated waste would be more difficult with clams than algae (e.g. halimeda above). you can just prune and toss with algae. you could theoretically do the same with clams but it just seems more wasteful (animal vs. plant). i wouldn't eat it. jmo A+ Response;) Link to comment
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