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04-30-2007, 09:07 AM
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Plankton
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Chipley, Florida
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Clams
The family and I were at Panama City Beach yesterday and while we were enjoying our stay there, my daughter (6Yrs) started noticing that when the waves went back out there were tons of tiny little clams that were washed up by the waves and would quickly start wiggling there way back into the sand. They looked pretty cool so we collected a few and threw them into the display at home. Now I know I should have researched them before doing this but I just cant say no to my daughter. Now, has anyone seen these clams? Or know what species they might be, good, bad, ugly? The majority of them were white, but some were kind of peach and white striped. Any thoughts? 
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04-30-2007, 09:48 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Jul 2006
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Try im whiskey he might know he also has a thread about clams. You can prob do a search and find it
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04-30-2007, 09:50 AM
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Reefless Reefer
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they are filter feeders. prolly not going to live very long in the display.
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04-30-2007, 12:55 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Chipley, Florida
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Target feed?
Do you have to target feed these things then or what?
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04-30-2007, 01:28 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Chipley, Florida
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bump
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04-30-2007, 03:09 PM
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filter feeders, you might try phyto9plankton, but in the long run, this will probably be a prblem creature in a tank with corals, especilly stony corals. I would limit them to a DSB lagoonal tank with soft corals due to the filterfeeder nature of these clams. Maybe not the exact clam, but hetre is link and a recipe... 
http://www.virginiaseafood.org/consu...icsurfclam.htm
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04-30-2007, 03:10 PM
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AKA Captain Jack Sparrow
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04-30-2007, 03:13 PM
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04-30-2007, 03:20 PM
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Bubble Algae Warrior
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Maine
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....this post is making me hungry.
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04-30-2007, 03:24 PM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida Panhandle
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Very hard to keep probably die and just pollute your tank.
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04-30-2007, 03:51 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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I bought some small (~1") clams like that, and they didnt last too long.
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02-27-2008, 07:06 AM
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Plankton
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Chipley, Florida
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Clams
Well They lasted about a month and a half. What didn't die off and get eaten got killed and eaten by my hermit crabs. They seem to love to dig em up and crack em open and eat em up.
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