Help identifying this clam?
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Many see it as a clam but its actually a bi-valve which is a filter feeder and related to the scallop family and reef safe
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Do you have any pics of it under whiter light?
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I'll try with the blues turned all the way off
Please could someone identify this clam for me. I was transferring some bits over from my old tank, and found him hidden inside the rock.
Question is, where is the best place to relocate it in my tank?
The flow is stronger on the right.
Not even sure if it’s alive either, although we think it is.
Thanks
PS tank is still in the making !
Question is, where is the best place to relocate it in my tank?
The flow is stronger on the right.
Not even sure if it’s alive either, although we think it is.
Thanks
PS tank is still in the making !
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You may need some closer up pics for an ID here. Pics of the top, side, and “mouth”/opening are usually helpful. Also, do you know if it has a siphon? (The siphon being the fleshy tube that clams use for filter feeding.)
I will check this and get some better pictures when I clean the tank, and it's clear.
Thanks for getting back to me, much appreciated
Its for sure bivalve
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Bivalve is a general term for members of the taxonomic class Bivalvia, which includes all clams, oysters, scallops, mussels, cockles, etc.
Hi guys,
Managed to get better pictures of my clam.
I do now have another question.
I had put the clam on to the ledge on the right hand side of the tank, midway. later on I found it on the sand a little distance away !
pretty sure my clown fish couldn’t have knocked it that far, if at all.
Can these clams roll and move around ?Have not seen it open either !
Should they be hidden away in the rocks, sand dweller or at the top ?
Thanks
Managed to get better pictures of my clam.
I do now have another question.
I had put the clam on to the ledge on the right hand side of the tank, midway. later on I found it on the sand a little distance away !
pretty sure my clown fish couldn’t have knocked it that far, if at all.
Can these clams roll and move around ?Have not seen it open either !
Should they be hidden away in the rocks, sand dweller or at the top ?
Thanks
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Looks like an Arca sp. (the Turkey Wing Clams); there are a ton of species in the genus, so I'm not sure which one. It seems some species are facultatively mobile as adults, so it might be able to move a little bit on it's own since it's not attached to the rock at the moment. Based off of other Arca spp., though, I would guess this guy would prefer a rocky bottom it can attach to using byssal threads. It would probably also like having plenty of phyto (I'd recommend Isochrysis galbana/T-Iso and a Chaetoceros sp. or a blend containing one or both of these in particular if you want to try and add phyto to feed the clam). I'm not sure what flow these guys would prefer, but I'd guess a moderate flow would be best (enough to carry food for them to feed on, but not so much that it can't send out byssal threads).
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