Reef Discussion

[LEG-IT]

Should of got one for yourself Matt :P

 

[Kharn]

I like clams and would love to have one in a tank just that all my tanks have mantis shrimps xD and the design for my large multi mantis setup doesn't have enough room for a clam ='[

I have heard they are a LOT more hardy then people give them credit, I've read a thread about someone that was easily able to keep multiple clams YET he was incapable of keeping zoa's alive....(In my opnion Zoa's are the bread n butter of all corals I have never lost 1 yet).

 

[MTG]

Should of got one for yourself Matt :p

im chasing more special colours :)

I like clams and would love to have one in a tank just that all my tanks have mantis shrimps xD and the design for my large multi mantis setup doesn't have enough room for a clam ='[

I have heard they are a LOT more hardy then people give them credit, I've read a thread about someone that was easily able to keep multiple clams YET he was incapable of keeping zoa's alive....(In my opnion Zoa's are the bread n butter of all corals I have never lost 1 yet).

you wont be saying that after you get a zoo eating snail! :P

 

[Kharn]

you wont be saying that after you get a zoo eating snail! :p

ACTUALLY I have had them and they have never been able to cause damage before I could remove them, I initially just left them there ASSUMING they were good cleaner snails, then I did my reading so I removed them, either way they never caused damage that I could see :confused:

I assume your meaning these ?
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[firebird]

Talking about clams i don't eat seafood other than tuna and fish that tastes non fishy( by drowning it in vinaigrette) if that makes sense. anyway bought 2x ' vongole' clams for my mantis-put one in the tank and 1 in the freezer-imagine my amazement when i realised the clam came to life!I raced to the freezer-put the other one in and now i have 2 clams that are not being eaten but are living in the rescue tank.
Thought that the clams that they sold would be dead!

 

[Kharn]

I have read somewhere and confirmation would be better rather then taking my word on the subject, however I had read somewhere that clams can actually promote health in a tank or a.k.a act as a sort of additional filtration because they consume some nasties in the water, now I am not saying that a clam can be your filtration for your system. What I am saying is that I have heard of them contributing to healthy tanks rather then just consuming the good stuff and releasing more nasty stuff into the water.

Confirmation ?

 

[chris B]

here is my baby maxima clam

 

[daniel]

cant call urs baby till u see mine haha, mine is smaller then a baby :S

 

[MagicJ]

How big is it daniel?

 

[daniel]

about a inch and a half maybe if that haha

 

[Josh M]

Bout the same as my one in my ibox :) there awesome when there that small hey !

 

[chris B]

mine like 6cm at the max,compared to the 10cm one i got from extreme reef

 

[daniel]

Small ones r sick, haha

 

[MagicJ]

Just keep a close eye on the small ones - I understand that they have a greater likelihood of dieing compared to the 5cm+ ones.

 

[chris B]

i have brought them from itmatty & extreme reef, who i would trust with the stock for clams

 

[NiCd]

Not mine, but some impressive ones i came across at a store near me. Had me pacing up and down for nearly a hour, if i had more room they would be mine!!!!!!

 

[daniel]

Oh wow how much how much do you remember haha? Those green morphs next to one of them looks amazing

 

[NiCd]

$400 each for the clams

by memory the mushes are $10 each which isnt so bad but there is always 30+ on each rock

 

[marineclass]

looks like they have some good stock

 

[NiCd]

yeah, advantage of being a collector is you dont pic up brown peices of crap :)