Finally someone talking about this! I have a handful of these guys in my 40 gallon community tank and its so hard to find resources about them anywhere since not that many people seem to keep them unfortunately.
I got tiny clams and I have sand. I haven't seen a clam since a day after I put 'em in. I think they're alive, the water's clear, it doesn't smell bad .. yeah clams!
I live in northeastern US. I have a rain tote I seeded with some gunk from nearby waterways that ive had up for over a year now. The tote now has a thriving colony of tiny clams called "swamp fingernail clams" the biggest of them being a little under a cm long. Its 100% stagnant and only gets ciruculated when it rains. I think they must be different than normal clams and are burrowing substrate sifters like trumpet snails kinda? Instead of taking in and filtering water perhaps they take in substrate? Or maybe they just live off of the thriving microbe community in that totes substrate, which i can attest to being really good. I use it for seeding my tanks. I like to try putting the clams in my fish tanks. I never see them again but they are tiny clams so you never know. Also the fish love em when you crush them up. That said you are right i think. Large riophilic clams need healthy plankton populations to survive in a tank
I ended up with one in my north american native aquarium. I didn't intentionally add him. He hitch hiked in on either one of the many rocks i added or with some fish I caught (possible because i sometimes accidently scoop a bit of mud with the fish), Ive yet to find out the species because he's too small to really tell for sure.
Wow, that's pretty cool! I've heard a little about some of these different kinds of clams. Those little ones you describe sound like an awesome addition to a tank. Thanks for commenting!
Be careful with what species you choose. Curbicula are fine. Also it does Depend on stocking, the amount of particulate in the water column Depends on stocking. Otherwhise you do need to Feed them
G’day bro , would soil and sand substrates with plants eliminate ph levels ect ? Love the mighty Mussel btw 💪🏼, can’t wait for Timelapse 😊 !!! 🔥❤️🔥🔥😎👍🏼
Plants are a good way to stabilise or lower the pH in a tank, and other things, like driftwood, can affect carbon and nitrate levels. I will be making my timelapse soon as well!
I don't know if you can buy these guys online and ship them to Canada, or even at all, just because I don't live there. They are freshwater clams, but the particular species varies around different regions. I just got my clams from a local pet store. A 29-gallon aquarium would be able to hold quite a few clams, probably up to 4-8, depending on how big they are, so you could definitely keep them if You wanted. Hope this helped!
Most clams reproduce through external fertilisation. The female releases eggs into the water, and the male releases sperm, with fertilisation occurring outside the body. So I think if you have enough space and clams, it should happen by itself if the conditions are good enough. I have been told that some clam spawns are actually parasitic and can destroy fish gills when they are babies. I have personally never bred clams, so I don't really know too much about it.
Not sure where you get your info, but the only fish that might harm clams in your aquarium would be red ear sunfish or a large carp, and the red ear sunfish (also called shell crackers) can only eat clams smaller than a dime, and a carp can only eat clams it can get in it's mouth as well... and neither of these fish are sold in pet stores.... otherwise there are no tropical fish that can harm them... algae eaters and plecoes will work on the clam's shell, but it's simply cleaning as they do the rocks and other surfaces in the tank... Keep in mind that, if you are getting clams (no matter the size) from rivers or streams/creeks, they can have parasites that can be detrimental to your tropical fishes...
Yeah, I normally avoid getting animals from streams or creeks for that reason. Good points though, I don't keep as much fish so thanks for the heads up.
Unfortunately my crayfish of one year has died. And it was an accident. While doing a water change my mom suggested I use the bucket to fill it up faster. I asked her if the bucket was clean and didn’t have any chemicals in it, and she told me yes. I used the bucket to pour water in which polluted the water killing my fish and my poor crayfish. I’m so sorry ghost and other fish that I didn’t save you in time.
@ hey can you give me some advice? One of my tanks broke and is being fixed, I was wondering if two crayfish can live together since the one in the broken tank has no home so I want to put him in another tank
Technically, yes, though there is a good chance they will fight. It depends a lot on how big your tank is and how much space they would have respectively. It also depends on how long you want to keep them together in the same enclosure. You could always try putting in a divider to separate them, like what some people do with different fish or you could temporarily create a holding tank out of a plastic box/container with a filter or pump for a while for just the one crayfish. It wouldn't be a permanent fix but if you don't want to risk them fighting or eating each other then it's a solid short-term option. Hope this helps!
@ oh okay thanks. The two crayfish are both females and I wanna know if they can stay in a 10 gallon for a bit, they have they’re own hides so I think this will help?
That sounds pretty reasonable. Female crayfish do still fight, but most have slightly smaller claws, so they should hopefully not hurt each other too bad. The hiding spaces are very important, and they should both get enough food so that they don't fight over it. Other than that, you should be fine for a while. :)
One hitch hiked into my tank. When I first seen it, it was a tiny little thing 🤣 ive somehow kept it alive and is now as big around as my index finger nail. I don't have a whole lot of flow and again he is somehow alive. I only recently found him again because he blends in. I named it Bartholomew because I name hitch hikers and other random animals i end up with unplanned the most random name i can think of right then and there 😂 since I'm unsure of the species as it hitch hiked in on god knows what because I added alot of things around the time I first seen him, I may set it up its own little tank because I'm not 100% sure of the species and don't wanna risk my fish but also don't wanna harm Bartholomew.
I'm still doing research trying to find out what species he is even though I think he's too small to tell. If I find out and he is community aquarium safe he will stay with my fish.
I have this one shrimp I randomly got as a hitchhiker, and for some reason, it grew really big and has survived in my tank for much longer than the normal shrimp would live. I'm not really sure what exact species it is, but it's pretty cool, and it's enjoyed living in one of my crayfish setups and eating all the crayfish food. Bartholomew sounds pretty cool, though! Good luck! Thanks for commenting.
@crustaceansaustralia thanks. That's pretty cool too. I swear anything that hitch hikes into a tank is like an old ladies chihuahua 🤣 lives forever and refuses to die.
Depends on the species of crayfish and their diet aswell as your individual crayfish's personal tastes and favorite foods. Im pretty sure mine will eat snails because the ungodly amount pest snails i added to his tank were nothing but shells in a few days and I feel like clams could possibly end up the same way.
I guess it also depends on the type of clams. In Sweden, we have a freshwater clam that is a lot smaller than what you showed that prefer more fast-moving water due attaching to plants and debris along such fast moving water. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisidium_casertanum
Finally someone talking about this! I have a handful of these guys in my 40 gallon community tank and its so hard to find resources about them anywhere since not that many people seem to keep them unfortunately.
Hey I also kept these how awsome other people are doing this
This is awesome
I got tiny clams and I have sand. I haven't seen a clam since a day after I put 'em in. I think they're alive, the water's clear, it doesn't smell bad .. yeah clams!
Clams are so awesome!
Hey man you should get a Crab i think that would be cool
I live in northeastern US. I have a rain tote I seeded with some gunk from nearby waterways that ive had up for over a year now. The tote now has a thriving colony of tiny clams called "swamp fingernail clams" the biggest of them being a little under a cm long. Its 100% stagnant and only gets ciruculated when it rains. I think they must be different than normal clams and are burrowing substrate sifters like trumpet snails kinda? Instead of taking in and filtering water perhaps they take in substrate? Or maybe they just live off of the thriving microbe community in that totes substrate, which i can attest to being really good. I use it for seeding my tanks.
I like to try putting the clams in my fish tanks. I never see them again but they are tiny clams so you never know. Also the fish love em when you crush them up.
That said you are right i think. Large riophilic clams need healthy plankton populations to survive in a tank
I ended up with one in my north american native aquarium. I didn't intentionally add him. He hitch hiked in on either one of the many rocks i added or with some fish I caught (possible because i sometimes accidently scoop a bit of mud with the fish), Ive yet to find out the species because he's too small to really tell for sure.
Wow, that's pretty cool! I've heard a little about some of these different kinds of clams. Those little ones you describe sound like an awesome addition to a tank. Thanks for commenting!
Be careful with what species you choose. Curbicula are fine. Also it does Depend on stocking, the amount of particulate in the water column Depends on stocking. Otherwhise you do need to Feed them
G’day bro , would soil and sand substrates with plants eliminate ph levels ect ? Love the mighty Mussel btw 💪🏼, can’t wait for Timelapse 😊 !!! 🔥❤️🔥🔥😎👍🏼
Plants are a good way to stabilise or lower the pH in a tank, and other things, like driftwood, can affect carbon and nitrate levels. I will be making my timelapse soon as well!
@@crustaceansaustralia thank you bro can’t wait 😊👍🏼
for a 29 gallon aquarium. how many ? where to buy ? ship to Canada? clams or mussels?
I don't know if you can buy these guys online and ship them to Canada, or even at all, just because I don't live there. They are freshwater clams, but the particular species varies around different regions. I just got my clams from a local pet store. A 29-gallon aquarium would be able to hold quite a few clams, probably up to 4-8, depending on how big they are, so you could definitely keep them if You wanted. Hope this helped!
Do the clams breed in a tank? Can you multiply them?
Most clams reproduce through external fertilisation. The female releases eggs into the water, and the male releases sperm, with fertilisation occurring outside the body. So I think if you have enough space and clams, it should happen by itself if the conditions are good enough. I have been told that some clam spawns are actually parasitic and can destroy fish gills when they are babies. I have personally never bred clams, so I don't really know too much about it.
Not sure where you get your info, but the only fish that might harm clams in your aquarium would be red ear sunfish or a large carp, and the red ear sunfish (also called shell crackers) can only eat clams smaller than a dime, and a carp can only eat clams it can get in it's mouth as well... and neither of these fish are sold in pet stores.... otherwise there are no tropical fish that can harm them... algae eaters and plecoes will work on the clam's shell, but it's simply cleaning as they do the rocks and other surfaces in the tank... Keep in mind that, if you are getting clams (no matter the size) from rivers or streams/creeks, they can have parasites that can be detrimental to your tropical fishes...
Yeah, I normally avoid getting animals from streams or creeks for that reason. Good points though, I don't keep as much fish so thanks for the heads up.
Unfortunately my crayfish of one year has died. And it was an accident. While doing a water change my mom suggested I use the bucket to fill it up faster. I asked her if the bucket was clean and didn’t have any chemicals in it, and she told me yes. I used the bucket to pour water in which polluted the water killing my fish and my poor crayfish. I’m so sorry ghost and other fish that I didn’t save you in time.
That's very sad. I'm sorry for your loss.
@ hey can you give me some advice? One of my tanks broke and is being fixed, I was wondering if two crayfish can live together since the one in the broken tank has no home so I want to put him in another tank
Technically, yes, though there is a good chance they will fight. It depends a lot on how big your tank is and how much space they would have respectively. It also depends on how long you want to keep them together in the same enclosure. You could always try putting in a divider to separate them, like what some people do with different fish or you could temporarily create a holding tank out of a plastic box/container with a filter or pump for a while for just the one crayfish. It wouldn't be a permanent fix but if you don't want to risk them fighting or eating each other then it's a solid short-term option. Hope this helps!
@ oh okay thanks. The two crayfish are both females and I wanna know if they can stay in a 10 gallon for a bit, they have they’re own hides so I think this will help?
That sounds pretty reasonable. Female crayfish do still fight, but most have slightly smaller claws, so they should hopefully not hurt each other too bad. The hiding spaces are very important, and they should both get enough food so that they don't fight over it. Other than that, you should be fine for a while. :)
One hitch hiked into my tank. When I first seen it, it was a tiny little thing 🤣 ive somehow kept it alive and is now as big around as my index finger nail. I don't have a whole lot of flow and again he is somehow alive. I only recently found him again because he blends in. I named it Bartholomew because I name hitch hikers and other random animals i end up with unplanned the most random name i can think of right then and there 😂 since I'm unsure of the species as it hitch hiked in on god knows what because I added alot of things around the time I first seen him, I may set it up its own little tank because I'm not 100% sure of the species and don't wanna risk my fish but also don't wanna harm Bartholomew.
I'm still doing research trying to find out what species he is even though I think he's too small to tell. If I find out and he is community aquarium safe he will stay with my fish.
I have this one shrimp I randomly got as a hitchhiker, and for some reason, it grew really big and has survived in my tank for much longer than the normal shrimp would live. I'm not really sure what exact species it is, but it's pretty cool, and it's enjoyed living in one of my crayfish setups and eating all the crayfish food. Bartholomew sounds pretty cool, though! Good luck! Thanks for commenting.
@crustaceansaustralia thanks. That's pretty cool too. I swear anything that hitch hikes into a tank is like an old ladies chihuahua 🤣 lives forever and refuses to die.
Should we mix them with Crayfish?
You can try if you want but I personally haven't. If you know you have larger, more aggressive crayfish, don't do it.
I have mine with yabbies/crayfish my barra it’s them
Oh cool! I always wanted to try to keep a barra.
Depends on the species of crayfish and their diet aswell as your individual crayfish's personal tastes and favorite foods. Im pretty sure mine will eat snails because the ungodly amount pest snails i added to his tank were nothing but shells in a few days and I feel like clams could possibly end up the same way.
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I guess it also depends on the type of clams. In Sweden, we have a freshwater clam that is a lot smaller than what you showed that prefer more fast-moving water due attaching to plants and debris along such fast moving water.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisidium_casertanum
Thanks for commenting. That sounds pretty cool, though.
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