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02/14/2019, 09:08 PM
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Mussels
Recently been noticing a lot of little mussels like things all over my rocks. Some are the size a grain of rice , others are bigger. Has to be like 15-20 probably more that I can’t see.
I did get rocks from Indonesia. Any chance they are breeding in the tank or just been there Only thing is haven’t added any new rock to my tank in probably 9 months at least. How did these tiny ones get there ? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro |
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02/14/2019, 09:14 PM
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Mussels
I used to have the normal clams, none of them lived long in my tanks. I think mussels too are filter feeders like the clams. They need very high nutritious water with large amount of plankton and other microscopic free-floating lives. Usually our tank water can’t support them because it’s too “clean”.
But your system seems to work so congrats! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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02/14/2019, 09:26 PM
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02/15/2019, 03:36 PM
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They just need a very established system... my biocube is about 4 years old and I have a few big mussels living in it that I got from my lfs who has a bunch of them for like a dollar or two each
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02/17/2019, 11:04 PM
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Yes I understand how they live. Was wondering if they could breed in tank since I have a lot and maybe are tiny. Few are big. They seem to grow fast
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02/18/2019, 05:04 AM
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02/18/2019, 08:54 AM
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I’ll try to get a picture. They are tiny probably smaller than your pinkie nail. The biggest is about the size of quarter
Also it’s amazing how they can move around. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro |
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02/18/2019, 11:45 AM
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Yeah and how attached they can get to something! They’re strong little things!
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02/21/2019, 08:16 PM
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  Here is one I just found. Too small imo to be in my tank for 9 months Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro |
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02/21/2019, 08:17 PM
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Does anyone know the species name
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02/22/2019, 05:48 PM
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No, but it is a true mussel, maybe Septifer genus.
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02/22/2019, 07:23 PM
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Pagojoe. Can these breed in home aquariums. I have found a ton of these ranging from rice size to half dollar sizes I did used to get boxes of corals from indo but haven’t gotten any since the ban. For the babies ones to be hitchhiker seems odd to me Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro |
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02/23/2019, 10:57 PM
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Not very likely, but stranger things have happened.
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