Grocery store live saltwater clams

[Spicoli]

• Can clams bring parasites? I'm getting them at the supermarket live. Right now, out of caution, I'm opening live clams and putting them in RODI water for 5 minutes.

 

[Rusty_L_Shackleford]

If you're worried about parasites the only way to be sure is either cooking or freezing. I do not know if these clams harbor parasites that can infect tropical dish we typically keep...but maybe.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

• Can clams bring parasites? I'm getting them at the supermarket live. Right now, out of caution, I'm opening live clams and putting them in RODI water for 5 minutes.

@Paul B ?

 

[PeterErc]

google live clam parasites

 

[Paul B]

I don't care about parasites but I ate these oysters for dinner last night. I didn't save any for my fish as they were to good. But my fish would love them. :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

I don't care about parasites but I ate these oysters for dinner last night. I didn't save any for my fish as they were to good. But my fish would love them. :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

no crackers? I love raw oysters with lemon, hot sauce( prefer crystal), and crackers! looks good!

wait September has an R in it!! ;) lol

 

[RRA]

Gosh, I’m reaching deep into my brain here. But didn’t the Italians/Eru insist on live seafood for the blue method? Always a method I wanted to try/intrigued by.

 

[PeterErc]

I don't care about parasites but I ate these oysters for dinner last night. I didn't save any for my fish as they were to good. But my fish would love them. :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

Dinner, wasn’t that an appetizer? Then an octopus salad, and stuffed lobster? Dam you making me hungry lol

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

Dinner, wasn’t that an appetizer? Then an octopus salad, and stuffed lobster? Dam you making me hungry lol

wait octopus salad? and what do you stuff lobster with, more lobster?

 

[PeterErc]

Lobster stuffing, shrimp, crab and some other filler crap ya don’t need

This will work

 

[PeterErc]

Wait, don’t like Italian? How about Greek?

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

to rich for me, and live oysters are definitely to rich for my fish lol, but I bet they love them!!

 

[Paul B]

Gosh, I’m reaching deep into my brain here. But didn’t the Italians/Eru insist on live seafood for the blue method? Always a method I wanted to try/intrigued by.

I am 100% Sicilian from both my Grand Parents. Not only Sicily, but the same town in Sicily. Of course I was born in Brooklyn so I am 100% American but I love oysters and anything else from the sea. My dad had a seafood business and I grew up surrounded by dead fish. :)

A few days ago I spent a lot of time here and did have octopus, clams, squid and oysters. Those are my staple foods. :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

 

[Spicoli]

• Can clams bring parasites? I'm getting them at the supermarket live. Right now, out of caution, I'm opening live clams and putting them in RODI water for 5 minutes.

I meant fish parasites, but yummmm

LOL

 

[Paul B]

Live clams would certainly have parasites as they are filter feeders. If you are worried about parasites or if you have a quarantined tank, freeze the clams first. :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

 

[Dom]

I've been adding nails and hermit crabs from tide pools in my area to my tanks since I first got involved in the hobby. Never a problem.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I don't care about parasites but I ate these oysters for dinner last night. I didn't save any for my fish as they were to good. But my fish would love them. :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

Of course they are fine!

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jane-cunningham-woman-dies-contaminated-oysters-texas/