filter feeder - clams

[ole]

hi, anyone tried using clams to clean freshwater aquarium?

[kurty]

yeah, me..

i have 5 clams which i kept with shrimps. so far so good, nature filtration.

[ole]

hi kurty,

how long have you kept them inside for?
do you still use the typical filter systems?
others mentioned that insufficient waste in the water kills clams / oysters. do u have similar problems at all?

thanks!!!

[ole]

freshwater right?

[diazman]

Have them in my HOF compartment. Crystal clear waters, minimum debris in the tank after they are introduced. Occasionally feed them algae wafers

[mUAr_cHEe]

yeah, me..

i have 5 clams which i kept with shrimps. so far so good, nature filtration.

Where did you get the clams? Got picture?

[mUAr_cHEe]

Ole, I think I know what you are trying to achieve here. I also have been doing some reading up on clams as I am interested to keep them too but for a different purpose.

Take a look at this piece.

I think there are a few good points in there which other write-ups do not emphasize: Clams are more of an animal rather than a plant. They do take in some nutrients but at the end of the day, they do generate waste (ammonia) unlike plants.

[ole]

Hey Muar_chee, thanks for the piece.

Actually i'm trying to do a water treatment/purification system involving hydrophonics farming and clams to treat the algae-infested waters in my school pond. Something small scale that i can try to assemble to treat a small quantity of water at a time that i take out of the pond.

I was thinking of placing the clams at the bottom layer while the roots of the plants are on top of them. So when the pond water go pass them, the clams can eat the algae and other micro-organism while the roots can absorb the nitrate etc. Cycle the water a few times and that its possibly clean enough for other uses. Drinking wise... bit tough but plausible if done well enough.

I'll be filtering the water with oyster shells, big pebbles, fine gravel then fish net before allowing the water to flow into this layer of plant roots / clams.

[kurty]

this is what i did,

a nano tank, shrimps and baracos (if i got their names correctly)

i got them from a member here, FOC. only took 5
build a mini nest for them, occasionally will dose some food in the nest but usually the shrimps will have them instead.

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[ole]

hey kurty,

looks simple and neat. what's inside the green netting?

[ole]

hey muar_chee,

this is the filtration set-up i'm planning involving clams and plants. just a rough sketch.

[ole]

hey muar_chee,
Biofilter plan.pdf
this is the filtration set-up i'm planning involving clams and plants. just a rough sketch.

[kurty]

hey kurty,

looks simple and neat. what's inside the green netting?

thank you for the kind words, its flame moss.

i actually fill the remaining lava rock with riccia.

didn't do anything much, the fishs and shrimps look happy and eating well.
waiting for them to produce.
i started off with cherry shrimps, notice that some actually evolve to fire red color.

[mUAr_cHEe]

Hey Muar_chee, thanks for the piece.

You are welcome.

Actually i'm trying to do a water treatment/purification system involving hydrophonics farming and clams to treat the algae-infested waters in my school pond.

Ok. That is so not what I am thinking. I am so way off.


But this is exciting and I would love to be a part of it. The idea is actually very cool but I am not sure if the water is actually treated or not.

You definitely will not be getting potable water with this set up as there would still be bacteria and other microscopic organisms at the end of the filtration system. The only way to get pure drinkable water is still by RO/DI.

I can only think of the water to be suitable for watering usage in the garden or to be used back in the pond.

Regardless, I still think it is damn cool and I wish I had a teacher just like you. Then again, if I were that age again, I am still not paying attention half the time to my teachers unless they are of the opposite gender and are pushing the boundaries of their dress code.

[mUAr_cHEe]

i got them from a member here, FOC. only took 5

Looks like my idol's clams. I am keeping a lookout for these. I actually might prefer those with darker shells.

[kurty]

Looks like my idol's clams. I am keeping a lookout for these. I actually might prefer those with darker shells.

he got it from C328, you can try your luck there.

not bad, home grown lala

[Urban Aquaria]

Clams can be used to help eat suspended food particles/algae and microscopic phytoplankton/zooplankton (they will really prosper in green water conditions)... though you have to keep a watch on them as they do need constant food circulated around them, if their specific food sources are depleted they will gradually waste away and die (releasing ammonia as they rot).

Here are a group of golden clams in my planted tank setup...



More details on them in this thread post: http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum/showthread.php/105464-64-Litre-quot-Forest-Edge-quot-Tank!?p=769890#post769890

[solidbrik]

Can get those live market clams? Aka lala..

[Urban Aquaria]

Can get those live market clams? Aka lala..

Not sure about the market ones... i guess you just have to check with the sellers to make sure they are freshwater species.

[mUAr_cHEe]

UA (Idol), where did you get yours?