what do i feed my clam

[HIPPUS]

i bought my first clam and the store owner told me to direct feed it with bioplankton from a turkey baster is this what i sould be feeding it


it's in a 44gl pentagon tank under 175w mh and 40w atinic it's opened up nicely but i think i might move it from the bottom of the tank to the middle for more light

what do you think

i'll post picks soon

[sambryce]

What type of clam and what size? From what I understand, the small ones (<2") rely on feeding more than light. Some people take the small ones out a few times a week and place them in a cup of tankwater with phytoplankton in it. The larger clams don't require this.

I was using bioplankton but just recently switched to DT's. DT's is live vs bioplankton which is dead and frozen. They probalby both get the job done though.

[HIPPUS]

nevermind he died so i have to buy another

[gophia]

What ! are you telling me it died in less than 20 hours!

[usagolf]

For a clam to die that quick it was either almost dead to start with or something in your tank killed it.

[HIPPUS]

it kind of had bubble all over it and the LFS said my calcium was to high

[sambryce]

Originally posted by HIPPUS
nevermind he died so i have to buy another

You definitely need to find out what the problem was before you even consider buying another clam.

Never heard of calcium killing a clam:rolleyes:

[sahin]

What bubble?

Calcium too high? What was the calcium level anyway?

I agree you should find out the cause of the clam dying so quickly rather than going out and buying another.

[johnniazi]

Not trying to be mean but the word you are looking for is "IGNORANT".

[HIPPUS]

it looked like it had blisters all over it and the calcium level was about 1000mg the whole tank crashed the night before but i couldn't get the clam out because he attached himself to a rock he was doing graet for about 2 weeks and then this all happened so keep you "ignorance" coments to yourself