Familie: Unionidae
Teichmuschel ist ein Asiatischer Flussmuschel und Bitterlingswirt. Gehäuse 10–15 cm, 15–26 °C, gereiftes Becken.
Sinanodonta woodiana is a Unionidae freshwater mussel, East Asia's classic river mussel and the traditional host of bitterling. In the aquarium it is a harmless filter feeder that clears green water. Plan on a 10–15 cm shell at 15–26 °C in a mature tank; it needs suspended foods and stable, unheated-tolerant conditions.
Mittlerer Anspruch. Harmless filter feeder; Keep singly or a pair.
Halte das Wasser bei 15–26 °C. 15–26 °C stable range. Stable 15–26 °C; tolerates an unheated native tank.
Wird 10–15 cm; lebt buried in the substrate — siphons at the surface. Mindestens 100 L.
Filter feeder on phytoplankton; benefits from green water or invertebrate foods. Es wühlt in fine sand — it buries almost completely — lass etwas Futter den Boden erreichen.
Harmless filter feeder; Keep singly or a pair. Gute Partner: Bitterling — Spawns inside the mussel in nature — a living symbiosis, Cold-hardy native community fish — Same cool, hard water.Nicht mit Copper-based medications — Lethal to all invertebrates, Loaches that dig — Disturb a buried mussel.
Aus East Asia — China, Japan, Korea, Amur basin: still or slow waters with sandy-muddy bottoms, mit still to very gentle current.
In the wild uses bitterling as its fish host; rarely reproduces in aquaria. No practical external difference.