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Old July 11th, 2008  
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Freshwater Clams

Does anyone have experience with these?
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Old July 11th, 2008  
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I've fed them to my turtle
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Old July 12th, 2008  
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ive had them, i get them from the lake behind my house,, they dont live long in my aquarium so i stopped putting them in,, the ones that lived for a few months were not much to look at,,they just bury themselves in the gravel , you never see them
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Old July 12th, 2008  
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how do you know if they die?
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Old July 12th, 2008  
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The shells fall open, but usually only after the flesh has mostly rotten away (meaning they've already dumped a ton of ammonia into your tank).

If you can get them to live, they're pretty neat. They filter extra stuff out of the water, generally keeping the tanks cleaner.
There is some concern that the young larvae can harm fish in an enclosed space, because they attach to the gills. A particularly large spawning could potentially clog the fishes' gills.
They need a very well established tank, so that there's lots of stuff in the water column for them to eat.
Lastly, I would not put wild clams into my tank. Because they filter garbage out of the water, they have the potential to be very polluted (including truly toxic waste like mercury if the water source is so polluted), and can dump this stuff into your tank when introduced or when they die.
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