freshwater clams??

[LadyWang]

Does anyone have any experience with them? On liveaquria.com they have some and it says they help with nitrates. Ive been having nitrate problems lately and was thinking of getting a few of them for my 55 goldfish tank and 15 gal adf. would they be compatible? the description makes them seam pretty hardy.

 

[calfishguy]

If you have nitrate problems have you looked into getting live plants.

 

[LadyWang]

If you have nitrate problems have you looked into getting live plants.

I have plants in the 15 gal with the adf's and the 55 is a black moore that uproots everthing I try to put in.

 

[jlk]

Is the moor the only fish in the 55g? What type of substrate? What is your water change schedule? You can try plant anchors or floating plants. I can post you a link to the plastic ones I used to use before I tossed the gravel in the trash. If nitrates are an issue in this tank, I would suggest increasing your water changes/grav vacs to keep them under control.

 

[Wy Renegade]

If you're concerned with nitrates, the plants are a much better option than the freshwater shellfish. Generally speaking, unless you've got a lot of food in the water column, the shellfish are not going to live long and then they are only going to add to your water quality issues.

 

[LadyWang]

Is the moor the only fish in the 55g? What type of substrate? What is your water change schedule? You can try plant anchors or floating plants. I can post you a link to the plastic ones I used to use before I tossed the gravel in the trash. If nitrates are an i.ssue in this tank, I would suggest increasing your water changes/grav vacs to keep them under control.

Yea hes the only one in there right now. And the substrate is gravel. I would love the link for the anchors. Ive been doing 50% pwc with the gravel vac once a week and then like 20% pwc gravel vac in between. Things were kinda bad for a while and the nitrates built up and I just cant seam to get them down.

 

[bettaowner]

Clams are filter feeders meaning you would need a continuous supply of green water.

 

[jlk]

Yea hes the only one in there right now. And the substrate is gravel. I would love the link for the anchors. Ive been doing 50% pwc with the gravel vac once a week and then like 20% pwc gravel vac in between. Things were kinda bad for a while and the nitrates built up and I just cant seam to get them down.

Gravel with goldies is royal pain in the behind! They are very messy fish & everything gets stuck between the rocks. Heres the plant anchor link:

Anchors & Planting Aids

 

[Rivercats]

I use those plastic profession plant anchors in my goldies tank. And my goldies are over 6 inches long. Also get plants that they can graze on if they want. I have dwarf sag, narrow leaf green temple, ambulia, just to name a few and those anchors really work for holding the plants down.