Clam Suggestions

[Capitol Reef Corals]

So I moved 10 hours away for job relocation and brought my tank with. I had a 9" beautiful Derasa clam with a tourquoise rim, and a 5" more standard Derasa clam. I grew both of them from about 2". Unfortunately, I think the move was very tough on them and I lost both clams. When I initially started with both of them, I had a 2 inch sand bed, now I am completely bare bottom. My tank is starting to get settled in and I am getting to stable parameters again.

What types of clams do well on bare bottom tanks? I know some might prefer sand, while other prefer rock.

Also, any suggestions on website to visit that sell quality clams?

Thanks!

 

[TheSchwenkster]

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I believe this build thread is a good place to start. Bare bottom, a bit of everything clam wise, and good success with live aquaria.

 

[BestMomEver]

I’ve had terrible luck with clams in the past. Then someone told me that maximas like the rock. I placed a little baby max in a shell, where he attached, the I glued the shell to a rock about half way up. Since you have a bare bottom, why don’t you try a max on your rock work?

 

[jda]

Crocea and Maxima like to attach to hard surfaces. Squamosa and Deresa like the sand. You can always keep a bowl of sand in your aquarium for the clams. The issue with having Crocea and Maxima on the bottom is that they are so far from the light.

 

[campaign000]

Don't want go off-topic, but imo clam will be fine after 10 hours trip.
What happened?

 

[Capitol Reef Corals]

Don't want go off-topic, but imo clam will be fine after 10 hours trip.
What happened?

Well, it actually went through 15 hours of sitting in a bucket with a heater and pump, then 10 hours on the road in the back of a truck, and then ~6 more hours sitting inside of a house waiting for me to set up the tank. I used completely new water when I reset my tank, it did fine for a few days and then they both completely died in a day after. I think I should've tried to keep more of my old water so the clam did not have to go through such a shock with brand new water.

 

[hart24601]

I had a derasa for 6 years on bare bottom. They will move around a lot but it didn't have any issues. Few ppl locally have had squammy and derasa on BB for years as well.