grocery store oysters

[keddre]

When I go to the grocery store and see clams on ice, are these guys still alive? If so what would be the best way of introducing them to my tank without them dying of shock.

Why you ask? They are cool, and it would be a nice source of filter-feeder food if they periodically spawned.

 

[jsker]

Yes the clams should be alive. If the shells are closed, they are alive. Leave them in the case, most clams used for retail and wholesale food are raised in brackish water and would die being introduced to a higher salinity.

 

[keddre]

Yes the clams should be alive. If the shells are closed, they are alive. Leave them in the case, most clams used for retail and wholesale food are raised in brackish water and would die being introduced to a higher salinity.

gotcha, this would have been a nice to know back when I had a brackish tank.
Thanks for the help

 

[Yuki Rihwa]

When I go to the grocery store and see clams on ice, are these guys still alive? If so what would be the best way of introducing them to my tank without them dying of shock.

Why you ask? They are cool, and it would be a nice source of filter-feeder food if they periodically spawned.

Depend how long they were on ice, I bought a few not long ago but too late for me to keep them alive, they were still alive at the time I bought them but I couldn't save them and they all died 2 days later. I was slow drip (1 drop every 3 seconds for few hours) them to avoid sudden temp change.
@saltyfilmfolks was able to keep them alive for a year or more.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

When I go to the grocery store and see clams on ice, are these guys still alive? If so what would be the best way of introducing them to my tank without them dying of shock.

Why you ask? They are cool, and it would be a nice source of filter-feeder food if they periodically spawned.

I have 60-65, in my outdoor refugium. Need them for nps tank . DT small but does the job. Trying to raise Dendronephthya. Have some clams. I recently spilled a lot of coral food. NO3 at 5ppm was a lot higher . Coming down. Before spill. NO3 at 0, no matter how much food feed. Depends on tank design.

If you can find Sol Azul oysters , 12 in a plastic mesh bag. Buy those. Keep in bag and drip aclimate. My tank temp. is 73°, hope this helps

 

[redfishbluefish]

These are cold water clams/oysters! The folks that I've known that try to keep them in their warm temperature tanks......they don't live long.

Buy the clams/oysters and chop them up and feed them to your fish....and if you have a starfish, don't forget him....he loves clams/oysters.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

These are cold water clams/oysters! The folks that I've known that try to keep them in their warm temperature tanks......they don't live long.

Buy the clams/oysters and chop them up and feed them to your fish....and if you have a starfish, don't forget him....he loves r

Right, thank's for that info

 

[jda]

You can often get warmer clams at an asian food market. They can filter feed for a while, but they always end up dying.

I used to have some that I fed to some Semilevartus Butterflies. I just used to keep them in the tank until I cracked one open every few days.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

You can often get warmer clams at an asian food market. They can filter feed for a while, but they always end up dying.

I used to have some that I fed to some Semilevartus Butterflies. I just used to keep them in the tank until I cracked one open every few days.

True, the clams(little necks) I get are from Live Aquaria. So already aclimated to reef tanks. When they have them.