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Maybe post some photos of what you got.

Bought five today to give them a try. The snails are happy that they can finally win a race.. I was told they are not asian but north american species. Can anyone tell me about the reproduction of the clams and if it is possible in the home aquari.
thanks.........openwater

Last edited by openwater at 02-Jan-2005 17:58

My boss will occasionally get these in at work, but they never seem to last long...and like Janna said they're very boring. I dunno if we've ever had much success with them. Even the FW flounders do better.

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No it is only true of mussels. The larvae burrow into the fishes skin, become a cyst, and stay for a few weeks before dropping out. It does little harm to the fish-and is more for transportation. Some mussels only use certain species of fish.

The clams typically used in the aquarium(Asian clams)produce large numbers of larvae around 0.3 mm in length. These float in the water for long distances

(This taken from Freshwater Invertebrates of North America)

I got some of these clams from Jeff of www.crayfishshop.com and they all arrived alive and healthy. Its true you don't see much of them but they are definetly neat little things. You could give them only shallow sand if you wanted to be able to see them all the time. When they are filtering it stirs up a noticeable current and you can also observe them ejecting waste material. I've dropped some into a container of thick greenwater and so far no effect. They can apparently filter as much as a pint of water a day, so perhaps they could be valuable along with standard blackout procedures for ridding tanks of greenwater.

Last edited by nonamethefish at 31-Dec-2004 19:21

The larvae of the freshwater clams cling to the gills or fins of the fish. They live as parasites on the fish for a short time, then fall to the bottom.

This is a quote taken from
http://www.lakerawlings.com/aboutlakerawlings/clampreservation.htm

Came across this info when doing a google search and was wondering if any good verify the accuracy of this statement? Is this true with all clams?
Thanks.....................openwater

I bet the reason the clam shells didn't work is the same reasons seashells aren't good choices for everyone's tanks. They're essentially made with calcium, I believe, so when it's just the shell it degrades and acts like limestone, or some other calcitic rock.

The live ones don't have any negative effects that I know of. They're sorta boring, I've heard. They just sorta sit there all day, filter feeding.

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