Oyster (pearl) in a tank

[DaFrog]

My wife gave me my tank for XMas - So I am thinking about adding a "pearl oyster" in it and giving her in a few months (years?) an oyster grown in the tank - Any clue how to make it hapen?

 

[Anonymous]

It's a losing battle. Crassostrea spp. need a ton of phytoplankton to grow. It's tough to accomplish without killing your water quality. I don't know that anybody has raised oysters for very long in closed systems.

 

[Anonymous]

Isn't they are cold water too :?

 

[blackcloudmedia]

I had locally collected oysters in my tank and they all starved to death and nuked the tank when they died. Not a good plan.

 

[Anonymous]

Isn't they are cold water too :?

I got the genus wrong. Crassostrea are the primary edible oysters, Pinctada are the pearl oysters. Pinctada is found pretty much all over the tropical Indo-Pac.

 

[Anonymous]

No one has raised oysters in a closed sytem for that long?

The company I work for used to culture/raise and sell closed system grown oysters It has been done, and is being done.

And yes, pearl oysters have been kept successfully in closed loop systems as well. A reef system would suffer, but a none reef they'd be just fine. Major feeding is needed though.

 

[Anonymous]

My oyster died after 6 mos. I was very depress when he croked.

 

[S!mon]

My oyster died after 6 mos. I was very depress when he croked.

Stew?

 

[Anonymous]

My oyster died after 6 mos. I was very depress when he croked.

Stew?

No sir! I don't eat oysters.....some stupid person around here would eat a throny oyster though.

 

[Anonymous]

No one has raised oysters in a closed sytem for that long?

The company I work for used to culture/raise and sell closed system grown oysters It has been done, and is being done.

And yes, pearl oysters have been kept successfully in closed loop systems as well. A reef system would suffer, but a none reef they'd be just fine. Major feeding is needed though.

Huh. I wasn't aware anybody was doing it with pearl oysters. What's the benefit?

 

[Anonymous]

There are non really (for the pearl oysters). For the food oysters we used to do, it was the pathogen free part that interested the market. No red tide, no mercury, etc. Oh, and no sand or debris

Honestly I wish they would have kept that portion of the business running as I love oysters :lol: