XxMutedYouthxX
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Where do Crocea clams and Deresea clams like to be placed at?
Clam Placement?
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angelfishlover
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Derasa's are sand dwellers. Crocea's are rock dwellers.
Jeremy Blaze
Former Reef Addict
Actually most all clams are found on a hard substrate.
Hippos are the exception they are usually found with their shell about a 1/3 into the sand.
That being said, some clams are found up high on the reef and others down low. This bottom of the reef is what most people think is a sand bed, when normally in nature, it is not. It is still rock.
Croceas top of the reef bored into rock or coral, often porities.
Maximas, lower in the reef, still on rock.
Deresas. Bottom of reef, often on hard substrate, but sometimes found in sand.
Gigas, bottom of reef, usually hard substrate
Squamosa bottom reef hard substrate.
If you are interested in keeping clams, and providing them the proper home, you should check out Knops Clam book.
Hippos are the exception they are usually found with their shell about a 1/3 into the sand.
That being said, some clams are found up high on the reef and others down low. This bottom of the reef is what most people think is a sand bed, when normally in nature, it is not. It is still rock.
Croceas top of the reef bored into rock or coral, often porities.
Maximas, lower in the reef, still on rock.
Deresas. Bottom of reef, often on hard substrate, but sometimes found in sand.
Gigas, bottom of reef, usually hard substrate
Squamosa bottom reef hard substrate.
If you are interested in keeping clams, and providing them the proper home, you should check out Knops Clam book.
ckoral
Premium Member
I have two croceas both on rock at the top of my reef. Putting them up there is the trick. You need to take the rock you want them mounted on, burry it in the sand (.5" deep or less). Leave the clam on top of it for a couple weeks. This give the clam time for the "foot" to attach to the rock. Then you can place the rock where you want. I have mine on a slight angle facing the display so I can watch them. Try not to move them around a lot because they are pretty sensitive to light I hear. That has worked well for me.