Bivalve Hitchhiker

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Originally Posted by cptclever

I found a couple small clam-like bivalves on the live rock I recently purchased (thanks Deb).

They were attached pretty strongly to the rock.

Am I right in putting them in the sand bed?
How long can I expect them to survive?

if they were attached pretty hard to the rock doesn't that suggest that maybe they want to be on the rock? after all you didn't get them with a bag of sand.

I would put them back on the rock and hope you didn't damage them taking them off, I have a few in my tank that came with my rock that are over 3 years old so the life is there but there is a good chance you damaged them removing them from the rock.

Steve