Sterilize clam shell?

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jdellman

If a little's good, more's better!
Dec 1, 2004
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My son found a huge clam shell in the neighborhood pond/lake and wants to put in the tank. If I sterilize it by boiling it for an hour or so, is that sufficient? Any thing else I should do? Any problems with putting it in the tank?

Thanks for the info., as he really wants it in the tank.
 
sky.eyes.woman

sky.eyes.woman

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Dec 6, 2004
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Boiling it for an hour will pretty much kill any little nasties on it...was this a freshwater clam?
Keep an eye on pH and GH (but you'd do that anyway, right? ;)) so you can see if it leaches too much calcium into your water.
 
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jdellman

If a little's good, more's better!
Dec 1, 2004
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Thank you sky eyes. I boiled it for almost 2 hours, and it still had some algae attached to it, I was pretty surprised. That algae is pretty tough.
 
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