oysters?

[pressthebutton]

are the oysters you would find in a mangrove flat for example beneficial to a reef tank? ive never seen any for sale.

[romunov]

They would exhibit biodiversity but little much else. They eat mostly phytoplankton, something that isn't found in most tanks. They're your typical filterfeeder, and will die without supplemental feeding.

[TarheelFrag]

I placed four oysters in my tank about 3 weeks ago. I cooked a bushel and these were lucky enough to not get eaten. They are doing fine as of now. I keep spot feeding them Kent PhytoPlex with a turkey baster a couple times a week. Just catch them when they are open and give them a little shot. I like having them because I can feed my corals a little on the heavy side and they will help keep the water quality up. I also added five little neck clams to my tank a few days ago just to see how they would do. I figured wth..... I only paid 3.99 for a bag of them so why not try to add some cheap filters to the tank.

[greenbean36191]

They don't do anything for water quality of a reef.

[D-Rod]

Nope!
But they look cool.
I have a few clams also and "if" they help out, that would be an added benefit.