Clams and Water Changes?

[TheBig053]

Sorry if this has been addressed somewhere else in the forum. I did a search and skimmed the first few pages here but didn't see anything. 

 

I added a 3.5" derasa to my tank yesterday and it seems to be doing well. Today is my regularly scheduled water change day. I generally vacuum my sand bed thoroughly with each water change and this tends to stir up a good bit if silt/detritus. 

 

Question: Will the stirred up particulate floating around in the water column be any danger to the clam? 

 

My assumption would be no, but since they are filter feeders I wanted to ask to be sure. I would imagine if the clam became irritated by too much "crap" floating in the water, then it would just close up until things settled. 

 

Thanks!

[mystersyster]

It'll be fine. My wrasse drops sand on him all the time and my royal grammas spit piles of sand on my clams. They might get irritated but spit out anythinf they don't like. 

[TheBig053]

Thanks for the quick response. Time for the water change! 

[HarryPotter]

Don’t pour sand on it, but the fine particulates should not be an issue. When mixing my sand bed, I move my clam to the opposite side of the tank. 

[TheBig053]

37 minutes ago, HarryPotter said:

Don’t pour sand on it, but the fine particulates should not be an issue. When mixing my sand bed, I move my clam to the opposite side of the tank. 

Don't smother it in sand? What? Why not? Hah.

[HarryPotter]

1 hour ago, TheBig053 said:

Don't smother it in sand? What? Why not? Hah.

 

Haha I meant like.... as long as you’re reasonable it’s fine. It can deal with anything waterborne, only heavy stuff like lots of large sand particles or small rocks would cause irritation.