Where to get cockles

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las
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Where to get cockles

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Where do you purchase cockles for feeding marine puffers?
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I'm not sure these are available in the US. :/
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ok so they are just a type of clam then?
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All I know is that it's a UK shelled bivalve with low to no thiaminase. I've never seen them for sale here.
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Costco has them at times
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We get mussels here in the us.
http://www.tonysfinerfood.com/
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las wrote:Where do you purchase cockles for feeding marine puffers?
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/798891
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I'll have to go there and see if my Costco has them.
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thanks alot! costco and tony's.... puffer will be happy
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