clam on bare bottom tank

[Tommy's Reef]

I am moving my tank and thinking about taking my sand out I have a 8 inch maxima clam. question any one keep one on the bare bottom or rocks. Or have some kind of basket u keep them in?

 

[Yuki Rihwa]

I am moving my tank and thinking about taking my sand out I have a 8 inch maxima clam. question any one keep one on the bare bottom or rocks. Or have some kind of basket u keep them in?

You can just place a piece of flat slate rock or ceramic tile under your clam, or find a thin ceramic tray and put some small rock, thin layer of sand to make it look more nature then place your clam there.

 

[DSC reef]

At 8" it might be heavy enough to where it doesn't throw down byssal threads so just keeping him on the tank bottom would be ok. Also what yuki recommended would be fine too. If you notice the byssal threads it would make moving the clam easier if it was attached to something you could move.

 

[Tommy's Reef]

Thanks for the answers guys. I don't want to get rid of him.

 

[alanbetiger]

To further what Yuki recommend. I like using a thin piece of plastic instead. That way you can always trim it easily around the threads if it attached so it's easier to get the bare bottom look or to make it look like it's attached to rock croppings in a specific orientation