question bout my inverts

Cosidius · 01-21-2006, 03:54 PM

ok i have 4 bamboo shrimp and 2 female fiddlers...im thinking bout ordering like 6 freshwater clams ...will they help out at all...get more get less???

flamingo · 01-21-2006, 04:57 PM

Well clams do help a little by filtering the water of some nutrients and nitrates and stuff but if you want my opinion, they aren't really needed.

The only thing that I really see that they are good for is stirring the sand a bit, even wiith that it's not much.

I'd say skip the clams, don't doa whole lot and you can't even really get a good look at them since they are always buried.

LittlePuff · 01-21-2006, 06:18 PM

The crabs don't bother the shrimp?

Kim

Scuba Kid · 01-21-2006, 06:22 PM

i would think the shrimp would become snacks for the crabs...

fishboy · 01-22-2006, 02:30 AM

the less clams the better if you have any fish in the same tank. In the chance that the clams breed(this risk increases with higher numbers of clams) their young begin their lives as parasites. These parasites connect to fishs' gills and cause damage and even death.

Cosidius · 01-22-2006, 08:18 PM

ok well ill pass on the clams then...also my crabs are female fiddlers...small claws and i hvae prolly some of the largest bamboos out there easily 3-3.5 for all 4 of them

01-21-2006, 03:54 PM	#1
Cosidius I like trucks more Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: covina,ca Age: 21 Posts: 31	question bout my inverts ok i have 4 bamboo shrimp and 2 female fiddlers...im thinking bout ordering like 6 freshwater clams ...will they help out at all...get more get less??? __________________ 5 gallon reef 120 gallon South/Central American Cichlid 1 gallon betta/planted-driftwood unknown plants..sorry and betta with 5 watt pc's

01-21-2006, 04:57 PM	#2
flamingo One Word: Croutons. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 17 Posts: 1,878	Well clams do help a little by filtering the water of some nutrients and nitrates and stuff but if you want my opinion, they aren't really needed. The only thing that I really see that they are good for is stirring the sand a bit, even wiith that it's not much. I'd say skip the clams, don't doa whole lot and you can't even really get a good look at them since they are always buried. __________________ I'm still around from time to time. If you'd like to chat, send me a pm and i'll tell you where to contact me

01-21-2006, 06:22 PM	#4
Scuba Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 18 Posts: 4,225	i would think the shrimp would become snacks for the crabs... __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

01-22-2006, 02:30 AM	#5
fishboy Custom User Title Join Date: Feb 2005 Age: 17 Posts: 1,647	the less clams the better if you have any fish in the same tank. In the chance that the clams breed(this risk increases with higher numbers of clams) their young begin their lives as parasites. These parasites connect to fishs' gills and cause damage and even death. __________________ It is only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything

01-22-2006, 08:18 PM	#6
Cosidius I like trucks more Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: covina,ca Age: 21 Posts: 31	ok well ill pass on the clams then...also my crabs are female fiddlers...small claws and i hvae prolly some of the largest bamboos out there easily 3-3.5 for all 4 of them __________________ 5 gallon reef 120 gallon South/Central American Cichlid 1 gallon betta/planted-driftwood unknown plants..sorry and betta with 5 watt pc's

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01-21-2006, 06:18 PM	#3
LittlePuff Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Central Illinois Age: 40 Posts: 92	The crabs don't bother the shrimp? Kim

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