Nitrate absorbtion by tridacnid clams

[Chiefmcfuz]

The title says it all, tell us what you know.


This ones for you Dean

 

[jackson6745]

Hmm....what I know

You will not lower your nitrates by adding a clam to your tank. Sell the clam and buy a skimmer

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

This was a special request by Dean last week and he has not responded it just makes me :sad2:

 

[jackson6745]

Chief, no one looks at this forum. Don't feel bad

 

[reefman]

clam do reduce nitrates, but i would not rely on it totally cause it will take a fair # of large size clams to make any significant difference. but they do help in the reduction of nitrates.

 

[ScottK]

According to Knop's book Giant Clams, clams have much higher concentrations of symbiotic algae than corals, up to 10 times the amount, and these algae do require organic nitrogen compounds in addition to strong lighting. Thus, a large number of clams in a tank can result in measurable nitrogen absorbtion, but he goes on to say that a few small clams won't make much of a difference in most tanks. This is on pages 143-146.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

:bump: for the RG convo going on presently

 

[jhale]

Chief, no one looks at this forum. Don't feel bad

Rich! stop dissing the advanced forum :smash:


You would need many large clams to handle the No3 output of a tank.
But it could be done

 

[inkblue]

hoW biG ?

 

[jhale]

i'd say 1' and up.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Jon, you know now that din is gonna buy tiwce as many 6" clams cause 1 ft clams are very expensive :lol2:

 

[jhale]

lol chief, you need large body mass to soak up enough nitrates.

you would have to run a remote clam tank as a filter, there would be no
room in a reg show tank for the clams needed.

that would be very cool though. if you had the space and money you could plumb in a low clam tank that you could look at the clams from above.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Jon we're talking about Inkblue the unlimited funds dibbing crash test reefer :biggrin:

 

[Reefer420]

Jon we're talking about Inkblue the unlimited funds dibbing crash test reefer :biggrin:

That pretty much sums up don!

 

[jhale]

Jon we're talking about Inkblue the unlimited funds dibbing crash test reefer :biggrin:

Dons dibbing Days are done.

he's saving up for a new boat :shhh: now everyone else has a chance to buy stuff here.

:givebeer:

 

[Psycho graphic]

Dons dibbing Days are done.

he's saving up for a new boat :shhh: now everyone else has a chance to buy stuff here.

:givebeer:

I do custom boat lettering for frags!

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Krylon and freehand latters hree no spelclhekc nescesary :biggrin:

 

[Deanos]

So much for the Advanced Reefs topic

 

[pecan2phat]

Before I sold all my corals and clams, my No3 had risen to 25 ppm due to the large amount of fish and feeding involved. Steady 25 ppm for the past 3-4 months even with weekly water changes.
Soon after I sold all the corals and clams, with the same amount of fish, slightly less feeding amount & less maybe 20 lbs of live rock since some of the corals were encrusted, my N03 went up to 50 ppm.

Significance of amount of corals in the system, maybe.
Significance of 3 clams with two measuring at 8" & 7", maybe.

 

[clamcrazy]

if you want clams for eating nitrates get hippopus clams, not the best looking but they do a great job eating nitrates.