C for clam; c for confusion

[daniella3d]

I have 4 clams, a large maxima ultra, a large croccea and 2 smaller croccea. They are all together right underneat my MH and they love it there, so none as moved.

Your light is probably not good enough for a clam and it's looking for a better spot. It will move until it find a proper spot, if there is one.

How big is the clam? smaller clam need regular feeding or they will die and melt. Their mantle is not developped enough to sustain them. Clam of 4" or more are ok, but it is always good to give them a bit of live phytoplankton once in a while.

[MMAX]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

How big is the clam? smaller clam need regular feeding or they will die and melt. Their mantle is not developped enough to sustain them. Clam of 4" or more are ok, but it is always good to give them a bit of live phytoplankton once in a while.

Not necessarily. My maxima was only 1.5" and did not need any supplemental feeding. I was a bit uneasy about buying one this small but was assured by Ken @ BW that he'd be just fine without feeding. He gave me some live rotifers but I didn't have to target feed at all. Just threw a capfull in the display every day.

[daniella3d]

Clams eat phytoplankton. YOu may have had enough phyto in your tank.

It is well known that most of the baby clams don't make it and need feeding. YOu were lucky.

Some stores here don't even accept clams under 3" because they melt a lot.

Originally Posted by MMAX

Not necessarily. My maxima was only 1.5" and did not need any supplemental feeding. I was a bit uneasy about buying one this small but was assured by Ken @ BW that he'd be just fine without feeding. He gave me some live rotifers but I didn't have to target feed at all. Just threw a capfull in the display every day.