Man...
I cannot believe there are not any threads in this forum...
OK, to start, I am feeding my little electri blue Maxima (sounds like something you'd get at an adult toy store... ) DT phytoplankton by taking a 1 litre pop bottle and cutting the bottom out of it, placing the bottle over the clam, and pouring enough DT in through the neck of the bottle (with an extension tube to take it above the surface of the water column) to turn the water slightly turbid green. I leave the bottle in place, the clam will clear the water in about 30 to 45 minutes...
Just a helpful little feeding hint, this should be done for ALL smaller clams (up till they are around 2" in size (across the narrow part of the shell, not the length...)) Although they can supply a good portion of their nutrition via autotrophic means, clams in general are primarily filter feeders, and in reef tanks in particular may have problems getting enough nitrogen to be completely autotrophic without some filter feeding.
just My 2 Cents...
I cannot believe there are not any threads in this forum...
OK, to start, I am feeding my little electri blue Maxima (sounds like something you'd get at an adult toy store... ) DT phytoplankton by taking a 1 litre pop bottle and cutting the bottom out of it, placing the bottle over the clam, and pouring enough DT in through the neck of the bottle (with an extension tube to take it above the surface of the water column) to turn the water slightly turbid green. I leave the bottle in place, the clam will clear the water in about 30 to 45 minutes...
Just a helpful little feeding hint, this should be done for ALL smaller clams (up till they are around 2" in size (across the narrow part of the shell, not the length...)) Although they can supply a good portion of their nutrition via autotrophic means, clams in general are primarily filter feeders, and in reef tanks in particular may have problems getting enough nitrogen to be completely autotrophic without some filter feeding.
just My 2 Cents...