Clam help please!

[Ben300]

What type is this little guy am feeding him everyday and he seems very happy the guy at the LFS said he was a maximum clam but he looks different from the ones online and I don't know if it's because he's under 2" so I wanted to ask yall if you knew or had more experience with clams and I got him for $50 too


30 gallon reef jbj RL tank
40 gallon pleco tank

 

[Sniperhank]

That is a small maxima clam. You don't need to feed him, you simply need strong lighting to meet its photosynthetic needs. Anything it needs to filter feed will come out of the water column of a mature system without fouling up your water column and being harmful to the clam.

 

[Ben300]

That is a small maxima clam. You don't need to feed him, you simply need strong lighting to meet its photosynthetic needs. Anything it needs to filter feed will come out of the water column of a mature system without fouling up your water column and being harmful to the clam.

Everywhere I've ready said that you should feed them till there passed two inches?



30 gallon reef jbj RL tank
40 gallon pleco tank

 

[mr_X]

That's a myth. Copied and pasted from website to website...this is why you've read it so much. I've had 1" clams that did just fine in my system without any feedings (other than feeding the fish).

 

[Ben300]

That's a myth. Copied and pasted from website to website...this is why you've read it so much. I've had 1" clams that did just fine in my system without any feedings (other than feeding the fish).

Wow I didn't know that after spending hours reading no where said that you don't need to feed them thank you very much


30 gallon reef jbj RL tank
40 gallon pleco tank

 

[Reefing Madness]

Melev's Reef - A baby Maxima clam