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right, you had one clam that you think might have had pm and you say not to worry about adding another clam your arguing blindly not me.
How can you say that with out knowing the full life cycle or any other possible hosts? I had it on one also and it eventually killed 12 out of a 25...
Read this kinda late but ill still respond Before you should have considered doing a fresh water dip or even thought it had pinched mantle you...
Sure they do. They also feed on zooplankton. All tridacnid clams regardless of size need a nitrogen and phosphorus source. This can come from many...
http://www.3reef.com/forums/clams/tridacnid-clam-59295-4.html
Hey Curt;D hope everything is going well. I cant seam to get that one link to work, you should be able to find it through google by searching...
one link above is not working, here it is JSTOR: An Error Occurred Setting Your User Cookie
I tried talking about this here a while ago and people jumped all over me instead or reading the info posted, hopefully people will read the research...
To accurately ID Tridacnids you really need to look at the shell, so that's what we will be doing. Lets start with the most available clam to us...
im very willing to stay on topic but dont insinuate that i dont have common sense. there have been many experienced aquarists that have tried running...
please reread my posts. the issue isnt that they DONT or CANT filter feed, i have NEVER said that. the issue is that people always state that clams...
there is a big difference between clams extracting N&P from water and filter feeding. clams have the ability to adsorb nutrients(N&P) right through...
you crack me up;D that poster never asked," should i feed my clams". they already had the food and were asking how much to add::) i also suggested to...
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Dr. Ron= Ron Shimek you are pulling things from this article DT'S PLANKTON FARM - Natural Reef Diet Oyster Eggs & Live Marine Phytoplankton...
to you first statement- yes they can read the link i posted second- no i dont agree, that is not what i said. you are equating the fact that...
they are primarily photosynthetic, depending on the species they can ONLY acquire between 10% to 30% of there nutritional need from filter feeding...
i agree that clams of that size are best to purchase, because they can handle shipping and other stresses better but not about there need for...
i think you might have your TDS meter hooked up backwards. "in" should be the water that is comming from your tap(and tested before any filters) and...
Miguel was local to me (Philadelphia)before he headed out west. great guy to deal with and great live stock! met him a few times at ECA, nice guy
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