Freshwater Clams

[Rotaripsnoc]

A friend of mine gave me nearly 30 freshwater clams, mostly about 0.5" in diameter, some up to 1" or so. I've added them to my 60 gal, but I won't be able to keep them all. They are settling in, as they were in a very well maintained Koi pond, they breed in his pond quite frequently. At any rate, I'm taking 10 or so to my LFS tomorrow to see if he wants to sell them, I'd be glad to share if anyone would like a few. I'd be willing to part with 10 or so of them. They will bury themselves in sand or soil, and they are great natural mechanical filters.

Here's a pic of the tank,

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2tzby7ejbrqos8v/IMG_20130717_203434.jpg

and of them up close.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rriy9koep97kr8d/IMG_20130717_203511.jpg

In the second pic, the moss is the the Java Moss strand I started off with, the small clam is about 0.5" and the large about 1" for reference

 

[Rotaripsnoc]

Some reason I'm not able to edit the above, however I should specify, they are still animals, they will produce ammonia, however they will consume food particulates, algae, dissolved wastes, calcium, and just about anything else soluble in the water. They are omnivores, so a good shrimp or invertebrate wafer is also good for them

 

[Fishman1995]

They also will bury in small gravel substrates as well. I did get 1 or 2 for my tank quite a while back and they buried under the small gravels I had in there. They are wonderful little creatures

 

[Thyra]

Hi there Fishman! I see you are still around. How are you going?

 

[exhumed07]

I'll take some of them. I had a large one that was about 8" or so across that i got out of the mississippi for about a year but sadly it died on me about a month ago. but i've never seen them get much bigger then that.

 

[Rotaripsnoc]

These will max out about 2.5" in diameter, I'll grab some more from my friend when he returns from his vacation in a few weeks.