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Learning the hardway, not the highway.
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"if he cant be bothered to take the time to write his question properly, why should I take the time to answer him."
From what I remember, you do need a pair for breeding. They reproduce parasitic larvae which hitchhike in the fishes' gills for distribution. Not much material is available for fresh water clams as there are not much documented species out there. They are mostly salt-water.
Interestingly, there are more materials on mussels but not that much more. They are in the same family: Unionioda.
I will post more later. Shoot. I keep getting distracted.
They consume food particles and phytoplankton/zooplankton that drift into the path of their filter mouths, so its best t create lots of flow and circulation around them.
Dropping a pellet next to them may help once the pellet breaks apart into tiny particles, though the particles still need to be circulated into their mouths or else they wouldn't eat it. What some people do is crush pellets or use fish fry power food and mix in a small cup of water, then use a pipette to suck up the power mix and squirt over the clam to feed them.
Another way is to culture green water (just fill a glass jar of tank water with overdose of fertilizers, then put outside under the direct sun for a few days), then use the pipette to feed the algae-rich green water to the clams.
Though i find that if they are introduced to an established mature tank (ie. > 6 mths old) with seasoned filtration that has already accumulated lots of dirt and debris, the flow from the filter would usually already bring them lots of microscopic suspended food to sustain them.
Do note that these golden clams are still susceptible to the effects of tank cycles and toxic parameters, they actually also need clean cycled water to live in just like fishes and shrimps, the only difference is they are filter feeders and not very mobile, so require more specific food sources.
From what i've read, some of the mussel and clam species do have this parasitic gill larvae issue... but for the asian golden clams, their young apparently just grow inside the parent clam's gills then once they are old enough, they get spat out and continue growing from there.
Ua,
Just to make sure, when the clams died.. they will open in full?
Bean + Kurt
seniors correct me if I'm wrong, but I think if clams die in a tightly-shut position, they can be very tough to open as well. much like normal human bodies going rigid. unless, of course you rip the adductor muscles of the clams open.
I went to C328 last night and there is no stock still. I asked the lady boss and she says that she does not know when the clams will come in. She will bring in if it is available to her. According to her, there is delivery everyday at C328.
Aquatic Avenue brought in some clams.
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Occasionally, I would have some trimmings to give away in exchange for a can of Milk Coffee. PM me to deal.
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My Exciting Fishy Life My Other Not So Exciting Fishy Life My Non-Fishy Life
Occasionally, I would have some trimmings to give away in exchange for a can of Milk Coffee. PM me to deal.
YES! my wish has been granted, shall grab them tomorrow
I dropped 8 clams in my tank last night and there was only 6 visible ones on the sand this morning. I guess 2 already went 'down under'.
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My Exciting Fishy Life My Other Not So Exciting Fishy Life My Non-Fishy Life
Occasionally, I would have some trimmings to give away in exchange for a can of Milk Coffee. PM me to deal.
haha you made damn sure to buy up enough clams for yourself. for disappearing clams, try to keep a look out for their siphons sticking out at surface. these look like pretty "advanced" clams which should have well developed siphons that they use to draw in water and food along with it. especially if they're burrowing clams. they filter out food with their internal gills
No. I only bought 8. They should have 42 left but some are already dropped in their display tank. There are plenty to go around still. I spoke to Gabriel and he is surprised that there is such a demand for clams. We got to thank a certain dedicated 'cik-gu' for this but I am pretty sure he is enjoying his holidays for now.
Yup. I figured that out as much from my research before although I did understand some information wrongly.I am actually more worried about the clams that have not burrowed into the tank. I hope that it is not because their foot is no long enough to grab the sand to pull themselves in as some of them are lying on their side. I do not want to handle them excessively. I will continue to monitor. Will post updates on my thread soon.
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My Exciting Fishy Life My Other Not So Exciting Fishy Life My Non-Fishy Life
Occasionally, I would have some trimmings to give away in exchange for a can of Milk Coffee. PM me to deal.
my dialect not so strong don't understand what is cik-gu
oh I think should be okay to move clams around. they'll hardly feel it, literally and non. How you can gauge this, though, is perhaps if you see them trying to stick their muscular foot downwards to push themselves elsewhere (eg propping themselves up) this might mean that they don't like the "king koil" you gave themYup. I figured that out as much from my research before although I did understand some information wrongly.I am actually more worried about the clams that have not burrowed into the tank. I hope that it is not because their foot is no long enough to grab the sand to pull themselves in as some of them are lying on their side. I do not want to handle them excessively. I will continue to monitor. Will post updates on my thread soon.
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