Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Feeding Veliger (larva) Fingernails clam.

Hello.

Are their any members who know Clam fingernails and their larvae.

I should have kept them an put them in culture to see the speed of propagation, the size of the larvae and if they are attracted by the light.

I read that the larvae are part of the Zooplankton and move with cilia and serve as food for the fish larvae.


A+

Hello.

I went to look for clams, there was 2 inches of ice on the swamp.

I was surprised to see so many Daphnia under the ice it was full.
A+

Hello.

In the swamp I see the clam in great quantity, they climb easily on the rocks, on the pot of my culture they climb on the walls.

In the spring I will put a large quantity of it in my pond.

Oh yes, I saw that in Korea they eat them and it is very expensive,( they don't say which species).
A+

Hello.

Well well, the Fingernails clam don't lay eggs, but release young already formed.

I could see these young already too big for the fish larvae, they seem to be released without a shell, but they are very small.

I searched on the net for picture of baby Fingernails I did not find any.

I was able to see them in my culture and take pictures.


A+

Redear Sunfish or Pumpkinseed Sunfish will love them.

Yes the non-native trapdoor snails in my pond also release live young. A few seem to survive to adulthood despite the hungry PS and YP.

A picture on the web:

Trapdoor snail with young