Lobster, Clam and refriums ohh my

[GurpM]

I finally caught my reef lobster the other day and put him in the refrium just to see if I wanted to sell him keep him or if he would keep the refrium clean.
Well i checked up on him today after leaving him alone for one day and he seams to be doing fine, hes in some of the rubble like he usually is in the tank.
The refium has a pretty thick bed of miracle mud and some macro algae on one side with rubble on the other side that feeds to the return. btw the refrium is fed by a unfiltered return line from the tank overflow.
Any one ever try to leave a reef lobster or cleaner clams in their refrium?
Will they still keep the tank clean by eating some of the debris and ffod left behind?

 

[GurpM]

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[MIKE NY]

the lobster is a scavanger and will eat any meaty foods..the clam is a filter feeder and you may not have enough nutriants in the water to keep it if your running a reef where you need good water quality.

 

[dubs]

unless ur running some serious light in ur fuge i dont think the clam will do well the lobster will be ok as long as he get food

 

[beerfish]

unless ur running some serious light in ur fuge i dont think the clam will do well the lobster will be ok as long as he get food

I think he means the supermarket type clams that don't require light. A lot of people have used them in an attempt to filter the water with mixed results.

 

[dubs]

ohh ic

 

[MIKE NY]

those types of clams aren't a good choice because of the "dirtier" water they need to survive, but your trying to use them to clean the water..algae will be a big problem to keep them alive.

 

[GurpM]

yeah im using a small clam about an inch big to see if he will survive and the see the impact on the tank but i got a small one incase its a negative one