Over Filtering? Too much water flow?

exhumed07 · 02-16-2009, 08:05 PM

well with enough clams they can filter insane amounts of water. look at some of the areas in the great lakes where the water is crystal clear where 20 years ago it was all pretty much mud water. thing is they were an extreamly invasive speacies that are doing it. the zebra mussel. whatever u do make sure u never get any of them. they are illegal for one and they will accually breed so prolificaly that they will completly fill ur filter intake tubes and just destroy ur entire tank. they are so bad in lake earie they have to shut down bessy nuclear plant casue they will totally fill the 9 foot wide water intake tubes. and local laws prevent certin clams from harvest as well and u will need a legal fishing liscense in most states to be in possestion of them. that is if they are a native species that u gather from local rivers/lakes/streams.

I have thought about clams myself and thought it would be cool to watch one the size of a quarter grow to be the size of a baseball.

02-16-2009, 08:05 PM	#11
exhumed07 Large Fish Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 700	well with enough clams they can filter insane amounts of water. look at some of the areas in the great lakes where the water is crystal clear where 20 years ago it was all pretty much mud water. thing is they were an extreamly invasive speacies that are doing it. the zebra mussel. whatever u do make sure u never get any of them. they are illegal for one and they will accually breed so prolificaly that they will completly fill ur filter intake tubes and just destroy ur entire tank. they are so bad in lake earie they have to shut down bessy nuclear plant casue they will totally fill the 9 foot wide water intake tubes. and local laws prevent certin clams from harvest as well and u will need a legal fishing liscense in most states to be in possestion of them. that is if they are a native species that u gather from local rivers/lakes/streams. I have thought about clams myself and thought it would be cool to watch one the size of a quarter grow to be the size of a baseball. __________________ 20 gallon 45 baby electric blue red shoulder peacocks 1 dojo loach 1 bushy nose pleco 30 gallon, going to be a species tank of brichardi 50 baby/juvie electric blue red shoulder peacocks 1 clown pleco 2 brichardi 55 gallon 1 tiger shovelnose/redtailed catfish hybrid 1 bushy nose pleco 5 elecrtic yellow labs 5 mainganos 1 venustus 5 yellow lab maingano hybrids 5 electric blue red shoulder peacocks 1 male 4 female