pearl producing clams

Neilthepirate · 01-11-2008, 03:04 PM

what is a clam i can get that will be ok with other fish no corals in the tank but lots of rock... i need to find a pearl producing clam if possible? that needs little lighting

OIIIIIO · 01-11-2008, 03:11 PM

Trying to save $$$ on presents for the wife? I thought it was oysters that produced pearls.

Neilthepirate · 01-11-2008, 03:13 PM

I knew oysters did.. but i was not sure if clams did too.. Ya im trying to benefit in many ways from my tank...

OIIIIIO · 01-11-2008, 03:17 PM

If I were to try that, my wife would call me a cheap-skate for not going out and buying one from a store.

wharyat · 01-11-2008, 08:33 PM

The pearls we see in jewelry is mostly from freshwater oysters. Any mollusk can create "pearls" -- which are just a piece of debris wrapped in many layers of nacre -- but they won't necessarily look like anything that you buy.

Neilthepirate · 01-12-2008, 09:54 AM

ya that sounds about right .. but it still would be nice to get something valuable out of a tank and have the proof to show it... what would be a good clam or mollusk that would live cohabitatilly with a couple clowns and maybe a grouper and some soft coralsand require little lighting i think i have a power glow but no metal highllide

crvz · 01-12-2008, 09:58 AM

You're asking for a miracle clam! Unfortunately, I don't think it exists.

Neilthepirate · 01-12-2008, 10:05 AM

it happens in nature and in aquaculture why can't it happen in a reef tank?

Loverotties · 01-12-2008, 10:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crvz

You're asking for a miracle clam! Unfortunately, I don't think it exists.

I can! In your mind that is.