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> From: <DasArm_at_aol.com>
> > creatures lasted in my aquarium that I was under the impression that
> mussels
> > typically lasted less than 9 months in most peoples' aquariums. Has
anyone
> > kept these creatures for a longer period of time?
>
> They have never lasted longer in my tanks, fish love to eat the baby ones
I
> bring home from the marsh, they are pea sized to dime sized. In my ponds
I
> have stocked them, and they still turn up, but that is cheating. I think
if
> you put them in a tank without fish predators, they may last longer. You
> just have to have suspended foods for them.
> Ray
>
>
>
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