Little clam thing

[freyar]

Hi! I found this clam in my tank. It's really tiny and it closes when a snail climbed over it. It's white with stripes and blends in with the shell it's on. It probably doesn't help that my camera broke so I only have cell pictures until I convince my mom to borrow hers. Anyways, should I remove it? It doesn't seem to do harm and its kinda cute also what is it? I use clam as a general term for a mussely sort of thing with two shell halves that open and close.

 

[manbeast]

your pic has me worried, and leaves me wondering if any of your tanks decor was collected from the wild, I could be wrong on this but to me it looks like a zebra mussel which is a highly problematic invasive species, just look them up in google images and you'll get an idea of what your dealing with but whatever you do, do not flush it

 

[freyar]

Ok, the pictures of the crayfish covered in mussels are kind of scaring me, but how can I tell that I have a zebra mussel and it's not a different type? I remember when I bought my plants they were in a tank with these clam type things that were brownish, but it doesn't look like those ones at all.

 

[manbeast]

other than tearing the tank down letting it sit dry for a couple weeks and starting from scratch I'm not sure how to possitively be rid of them, the only other thing I can think of is to find a medication that's not safe for inverts and dose with that, of course if you have other inverts you want to keep that becomes a problem

 

[freyar]

I wouldn't mind getting rid of a couple (hundred) snails. What do you recommend?

 

[manbeast]

just about any med with some form of copper should do it but there are other products designed specifically for snail eradication that may also take care of the mussel, I haven't used anything like that in quite a while so I don't know any product names off the top of my head

 

[Mogurako]

I wouldn't mind getting rid of a couple (hundred) snails. What do you recommend?

No Planaria, it's all natural , will kill any Planaria, any other worms and snails but is shrimp safe. It should take care of those little guys, using a copper based medication in a tank pretty much means no invert can live in that tank again.

http://greenleafaquariums.com/aquarium-shrimp-spawning/no-planaria-aquarium.html

 

[freyar]

I removed the little thing. I think I will wait and see, if another one pops up I will try No Planaria but it might be the only one.

 

[manbeast]

I removed the little thing. I think I will wait and see, if another one pops up I will try No Planaria but it might be the only one.

I hope that is the case

 

[freyar]

I hope that is the case

Me too.

 

[Coursair]

There is a snail that looks clam like also. Not a pest. Will see if I can find name. It doesn't look like a Mussel to me, but I could be wrong.

There are Freshwater Limpets and a type of Nerite snail that resembles a Limpet also. Neither are pests in a tank.

 

[freyar]

Ok, well I gave it to my sister and she's keeping it in a really tiny Betta tank with a rock and a snail, and she loves it... (that probably has nothing to do wih the fact she thinks is a "pearl chocolate striped clam" I bought for $40...)

Also if it helps it moves around kinda well with a foot that comes out of the bottom of the shell, almost where it hinges.

 

[GodFan]

Ok, well I gave it to my sister and she's keeping it in a really tiny Betta tank with a rock and a snail, and she loves it... (that probably has nothing to do wih the fact she thinks is a "pearl chocolate striped clam" I bought for $40...)

Also if it helps it moves around kinda well with a foot that comes out of the bottom of the shell, almost where it hinges.

That thing looks pretty cool to me. I kinda want some lol I wanted to get limpets forever and then they just appeared in my tank lok