Re: Live Foods Digest V3 #306

["Jorge Galindo" <jorge-galindo at usa_net>]

No matter which species you are working with, all clams will be filter
feeders of particulated materials of very small size, they have a well
developed selective sistem for descarting big size particles.

e-mail:  jgalindo at cc_kochi-u.ac.jp


<bstdrummer2002 at yahoo_com>
>  Subject: [none]
>
>  I know this doesn't have anything to live foods, but I am desparate to
know
> if fresh water clams siphon the water or eat solid foods.
>
>   >>
> Freshwater clams filter detritus from the water. Any type of filtration of
> the water will interfear with this. I've kept clams for several years in
> unfiltered tanks.
>
> Moon

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