Feeding clams

[Fishyfish22]

I want to start feeding my fish Diy foods. My question is:

If I feed my fish frozen/blended clams, will they develop a taste for clams and then go after my maximas?

 

[Uncle99]

I’ll follow along here….great question IMM.
I have 4 clams for years, fish never once bothered them.
But I have not fed anything with a clam content.
Yet.

 

[DH78]

I have mussels in my homemade fish food for about 2 years. None of my fish have gone for my clam. My blenny hangs out inside it sometimes, but has never nipped at it.

 

[Fishyfish22]

I have mussels in my homemade fish food for about 2 years. None of my fish have gone for my clam. My blenny hangs out inside it sometimes, but has never nipped at it.

Would mussels be different from clams? My worry comes from reading somewhere on here that when fish develop a taste for coral or clams, they'll go after them as food.

I didn't know if feeding frozen store brought clams counted as it.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

I feed reef frenzy to my tank that has a clam, and clam/oysters are part of the ingredients. So far my fish have not developed a taste for my maxima

 

[DH78]

Would mussels be different from clams? My worry comes from reading somewhere on here that when fish develop a taste for coral or clams, they'll go after them as food.

I didn't know if feeding frozen store brought clams counted as it.

They are very similar, but I honestly couldn’t say how close to clams they are. I know some of the powdered foods for corals have clam in them and I haven’t had an issue.

 

[DeniseAndy]

Probably fine as long as you do not feed the clam in half shell. I fed this when I had no clams in the system, but I lost the fish requiring it, so have not done them since adding my clams and all my new fish.
It is funny, because I do not think they will relate one to the other really. However, I make my own food and I opted for scallops and oysters instead of clams. :)

 

[KrisReef]

Are your maximas frozen or blended?
I have no idea if one action will lead to another in this instance. I think if your fish get hungry they may go after anything in the tank that might digest.

 

[DeniseAndy]

I don't have any maximas, only squammie, croceas and giga. So, I am safe. :)

 

[Fishyfish22]

Probably fine as long as you do not feed the clam in half shell.

I was actually thinking of using this, the hikari brand right? I was going to blend them with the rest of the food. Is there any specific reason why not this?

 

[DeniseAndy]

I was thinking if you just threw it in with the shell. That is how I fed them. Blending them in the food is different. I would think it would be fine. :)