Tridacnid Clam feeding and the truth

by **spinycheek** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 3:46 pm

I remember reading that article a couple years ago. I thought it was very interesting, made we wonder if you could plop a clam in a nano tank as the main filter.

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by **non-photosynt** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 5:28 am

made we wonder if you could plop a clam in a nano tank as the main filter.

Unlikely main, but supplemental - could be, if the tank is large enough to house a BIG clam or several medium-sized. They will provide no mechanical filtration for a larger particles, and will not replace activated carbon, IMHO.

mwp kept 10+ T. maximas in 24g Nano-Cube as an addition to caulerpa forest.

I bought 2 baby Maximas for 10-20g tank with the same thought in mind, it didn't work for me - no noticeable effect, comparing to clamless tanks. Plus they will grow big fast. I added "jewel box" oyster as an additional filtration, at least it stays small and do not require bright light, also no noticeable difference.

Website · by **chris&barb** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 7:50 am

If you read through the paper i linked you will see that the study used a whole lot of clam mass for the water volume

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