Red1313

Anybody have any experience with Freshwater clams? I was thinking of getting one later on down the road but there's not much online about them. Anyone here heard anything about them?

sirdarksol

Yes I have had some experience with them.
On the plus side, they pull nitrogen from the water, which is good.
On the down side, they can carry a lot of toxins (if they come from a polluted waterway), and are difficult to keep alive in a new tank. Make sure your tank is very well established (so there's a lot of microbial life in the water column) before introducing them.

Amanda

I was actually considering getting clams for my 55 gal. lol, funny that I saw this. I'm going to have to keep my eye on this thread

Red1313

Does the substrate that you have for them make a difference? I've read that they need a fine to med. substrate and I was thinking that since I'm in the middle of setting up a tank right now it would be easier to get the right kind just in case.

sirdarksol

Yeah, smaller substrate is better, as they like moving around in it.

Red1313

I was just looking at the substrate I'd picked out and it's kind of a mixed gravel. Some of the pieces are larger and some of them are really fine so I don't know if that would work for them or not?