They are pretty..very non aggressive and they help filter your water biologically. Each Mussel will filter around 25-40 Liters an hour in your aqua and of course there is a nice little range of mussel to pick from for every size of Aqua. They will keep your water completely crystal clear.
Hyriopsis bialatus
Temp: 20 - 28C
Size: Upto 15cm
Aqua size: from 54 Liters
Anodonta sp.
Size: Upto 6cm
Aqua Size: from 54 Liters
Temp: 20 - 28C
Size: Upto 6cm
Aqua Size: from 54 Liters
Pilsbryoconcha exi
Temp: 20 - 28C
Size: Upto 20 cm
Aqua Size: from 54 Liters
Anodonta sp. and Anodonta sp. Gold (dwarf mussels)
Temp: 20 - 28C
Size: Upto 4 cm
Aqua Size: from 20 Liters
All mussels must be placed in well established and cycled tanks. They prefer sand or fine gravel so they can dig themselves into the substrate a little bit.
I myself have 4 x Pilsbryoconcha exi and really enjoy them (even though they hardly move) I find them very pretty and definite conversation pieces
Mussels are excellent indicators of water quality - if a mussel moves constantly around then you know something is not right. Since placing them in one of my aquariums only one has moved the rest have happily stayed where they were placed.
A lot of people worrying about them dying and polluting the water - the pollution would not be any more than with a dead fish and it is very easy to spot a dead mussel as they are wide open... usually by the time you have found a wide open dead mussel the fish have had a gourmet dinner and are happily swimming around with a full belly ;)
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