cleaner clam

tech1 · 08-13-2008, 04:01 AM

howdy all. Does anyone know of a good way to tell if your cleaner clam is alive? thanks

weez1959 · 08-13-2008, 07:45 AM

What's a cleaner clam?

FireEater · 08-13-2008, 11:45 AM

I assume you mean the ones that bury in the sand with just their flukes sticking out?

If so, you would have to see if the fluke is still sticking out basically. Or else dig it out and see if the shell is still closed up tight.

You could also lay it on the sand and it should bury itself in about a minute or so.

weez1959 · 08-13-2008, 12:28 PM

Any pictures of those? I've never seen one.

Do they have another name besides cleaner clams?

FireEater · 08-13-2008, 01:13 PM

CLICKITY

Go down about 3/4 of the way. They show two sizes. They will bury into the sand and you will only see the siphons and sometimes part of the shell sticking out of the sand.

I have had them in my system for years, but a few years ago when I changed sandbeds they did not make it.

weez1959 · 08-13-2008, 01:27 PM

When I did a search for Mercinaria campenchienses I got Cherrystone clam or little neck clam, hmmmm isn't that the clams I buy to feed my fish!

weez1959 · 08-13-2008, 01:35 PM

Hmmm, another goofy thought, if these clams that you get at the grocery store are still alive, couldn't you just pop it in a tank?

tech1 · 08-13-2008, 02:06 PM

well, my tank was leaking, and i had 2 of them. one of them i found, and the other i didn't for a few days until i took the sand out. the sand was moist, but no water for 2-3 days. The clam is sealed tightly shut, so i have it in water with my rock in big buckets until my new tank comes in. So I wasn't sure if it was alive or not, although it is tightly closed.

08-13-2008, 04:01 AM	#1
tech1 Citizen Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Monroe, Louisiana,USA Posts: 189	cleaner clam howdy all. Does anyone know of a good way to tell if your cleaner clam is alive? thanks

08-13-2008, 07:45 AM	#2
weez1959 Contributing Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Otterburn Park, Quebec Posts: 1,297	Re: cleaner clam What's a cleaner clam? __________________ Louise Click my avatar to see my tank, it's getting so perdy!! Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach him how to fish and you get rid of him all weekend.

08-13-2008, 11:45 AM	#3
FireEater Contributing Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Texas City, TX Posts: 362	Re: cleaner clam I assume you mean the ones that bury in the sand with just their flukes sticking out? If so, you would have to see if the fluke is still sticking out basically. Or else dig it out and see if the shell is still closed up tight. You could also lay it on the sand and it should bury itself in about a minute or so. __________________ Mark My 125g Project

08-13-2008, 12:28 PM	#4
weez1959 Contributing Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Otterburn Park, Quebec Posts: 1,297	Re: cleaner clam Any pictures of those? I've never seen one. Do they have another name besides cleaner clams? __________________ Louise Click my avatar to see my tank, it's getting so perdy!! Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach him how to fish and you get rid of him all weekend.

08-13-2008, 01:13 PM	#5
FireEater Contributing Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Texas City, TX Posts: 362	Re: cleaner clam CLICKITY Go down about 3/4 of the way. They show two sizes. They will bury into the sand and you will only see the siphons and sometimes part of the shell sticking out of the sand. I have had them in my system for years, but a few years ago when I changed sandbeds they did not make it. __________________ Mark My 125g Project

08-13-2008, 01:27 PM	#6
weez1959 Contributing Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Otterburn Park, Quebec Posts: 1,297	Re: cleaner clam When I did a search for Mercinaria campenchienses I got Cherrystone clam or little neck clam, hmmmm isn't that the clams I buy to feed my fish! __________________ Louise Click my avatar to see my tank, it's getting so perdy!! Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach him how to fish and you get rid of him all weekend.

08-13-2008, 01:35 PM	#7
weez1959 Contributing Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Otterburn Park, Quebec Posts: 1,297	Re: cleaner clam Hmmm, another goofy thought, if these clams that you get at the grocery store are still alive, couldn't you just pop it in a tank? __________________ Louise Click my avatar to see my tank, it's getting so perdy!! Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach him how to fish and you get rid of him all weekend.

08-13-2008, 02:06 PM	#8
tech1 Citizen Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Monroe, Louisiana,USA Posts: 189	Re: cleaner clam well, my tank was leaking, and i had 2 of them. one of them i found, and the other i didn't for a few days until i took the sand out. the sand was moist, but no water for 2-3 days. The clam is sealed tightly shut, so i have it in water with my rock in big buckets until my new tank comes in. So I wasn't sure if it was alive or not, although it is tightly closed.

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