[mbbuna]

cyclops ezz is too big for clams to filter but besides that clams dont eat in one big meal. they slowly filter all day long so most of the food you target feeding to the clam is being rejected anyway.

clams can definitely reach full sexual maturity with out being target feed. growth rate and the development of sexual organ are two different thing and take place at two different times in the clams life. when clams start to develop eggs(female) there growth rate will slow and they use the energy once used for growth for reproduction.