Fresh water muscles

[renadia]

I read that fresh water muscles are very good at cleaning the bottom of ponds, they eat all the garbage in the bottom, has anyone tried them? I have seen some for sale on Ebay

[Aquaviewer]

I read that fresh water muscles are very good at cleaning the bottom of ponds, they eat all the garbage in the bottom, has anyone tried them? I have seen some for sale on Ebay

Mussels are filter feeders not detritivours so they would not be much good at cleaning the bottom of your pond.

[Zoe]

I get freshwater muscles from lifting buckets of tank water during water changes... lol, sorry

Anyway, I don't think they would really do much good. They don't "eat" off ground, but eat nutrients in the water.

[renadia]

So I guess if they filter they would help in keeping the water clean. Anything good to help keep the bottom clean?

I'm planning on bringing them in for the winter in a 55 gal, I will add a pleco, any bottom fish that eat wathever falls to the bottom?