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Kamdavid

Kamdavid

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Well I received my freshwater clam one week ago. It was moving until three days ago. Then didn’t seem to move.

today I thought maybe it was dead. Nope. As I was getting ready to dump
Him and the tank. . . He’s moving and has his little “feelers” out or whatever they are called.
What’s the care for these and the food ? Just floating by plant matter or ?
 

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My guess is anything that it can draw in and filter.(fish food) I would go clamming as a kid and they would bury themselves in the sand with only a small hole in the sand where they drew in the water. Once you scare them- off they would go-funny to watch, great to eat.
 
Retired Viking said:
My guess is anything that it can draw in and filter.(fish food) I would go clamming as a kid and they would bury themselves in the sand with only a small hole in the sand where they drew in the water. Once you scare them- off they would go-funny to watch, great to eat.
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Freshwater clams people eat ? My husband said can’t wait to eat it but I thought he was joking lol.

the filter In that tank isn’t working very well because I think it’s clogged. Maybe I should clean the damn tank right now.
 
Kamdavid said:
Freshwater clams people eat ? My husband said can’t wait to eat it but I thought he was joking lol.

the filter In that tank isn’t working very well because I think it’s clogged. Maybe I should clean the damn tank right now.
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These were salt water clams, I spent my summers on a island off the coast of Maine. ;)
 
I havent been putting any food in there. He’s the only one in the tank. It’s my fry tank but there are no fry in there anymore. Should I feed him some flakes or dried blood
Worms ? I thought he would be ok with the drifting hornwort , but I cleaned it well today.
 
Kamdavid said:
I havent been putting any food in there. He’s the only one in the tank. It’s my fry tank but there are no fry in there anymore. Should I feed him some flakes or dried blood
Worms ? I thought he would be ok with the drifting hornwort , but I cleaned it well today.
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I would make the fish food into a fine dust, you could mix it with tank water in a cup and pour it in so it sinks to the bottom
 
I've been considering a freshwater clam but I prefer shrimp for cleaners haha
 
How would I make sure he eats though ? If I crushed the food for him ? Just pour the crushed food in the top of the tank and he would find it ? Even though he doesn’t move?
 
Think of him as a filter he draws water in and removes the food so let the fine (dust) food fall by him and he will suck it in.
 
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