Clams from fishmarket

A local grocery sells a variety of live clams and small octopus. Is there any harm of me adding them to my tank?

 

Most saltwater clams you're going to find in a grocery store are going to be geoducks and littlenecks. Both of those species come from temperate waters and won't live long at reef tank temperatures.

 

octopus if it survives would probably eat all your fish, thats just my guess im not a octoguru

 

not a bad idea tho - im sure you can pick stuff up at the grocery store cheaper then the LFS.

 

LIVE OCTOPUS????????????? they sell those things for like 60 bux each at my LFS if I were you I would just set up a whole new tank just for the octopus!!!!!

 

Agree on the temperature issue...if you can put a chiller on your tank and keep it in the mid 60's you might be okay.

 

It'd be tough. People do do cold water tanks though. You could set up an atlantic tank.

 

I agree, water temp would have to be alot colder than what reef setups are. As for the octopus, you would have to keep the tank covered! They tend to climb out...

 

I was at Shedd's once when an Octopus managed to get the lid off his tank. Needless to say it was highly entertaining watching the big boys in aquatics try to get the octopus back into the tank. Made my past fish problems seem so much smaller and more manageable. :

 

I here ya & they are not fun when they attach to you!