Clam under Power Compact?

HumanIMDB

HumanIMDB

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I'm wondering if I can keep any type of a clam under a Coralife Aqualight 96w Quad 50/50 Power Compact above a 10 gallon Nano?

I have two spots in the tank that I can place a small clam and am looking for options, opinions, and advice.

The first spot is in the middle of the tank on top of the rock about 2-3 inches below the surface of the water.

The second spot is on the left side of the tank in the sand bed. The sand is about an inch and a half deep and is about ten inches below the surface of the water.

Are either of these places doable? And, if so, what type of clam would thrive in those locations?

Please list any reasons why you feel it will be fine and/or some cautionary notes.

Thanks,
Chris
 
I dont know why people always post that link...didnt really help me in my situation when I was researching.......sorry the guy didnt post some clam pics to make it more worth your while. You would be fine with all of them...maybe be taking a chance with the very high light clams but that is a lot of light on a 10 gallon..If you do get the crocea put him up really high...and when its been doing great for a long time post a pic...you might get some flame from nonbelievers but ,who cares?
 
i'm sorry i don't have the time or resources to buy different depth tanks with different types of lighting in a controlled environment to help you out. would you care to post a better link or source then?

in this specific case, i had the same exact light over a 5 gallon aga where i tried to keep a maxima under quarantine. i can tell you right now that it was not sufficient as all the colors from the mantle rapidly disappeared and some hyperextension occured.
 
no ones is expecting that...but I have personally seen with my own eyes someone who has kept sps, maximas, and croceas in a tank with pc for a couple of years with amazing GROWTH
 
and i think what you said in your second post would have actually been more helpful, your personal experience...even if it was different than mine
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9419831#post9419831 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by davidhughes85
I dont know why people always post that link...didnt really help me in my situation when I was researching.......
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that's unfortunate that it didn't help you but i'm sure it has helped lots of other people trying to figure out what type of clams can be kept under which lights.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9419831#post9419831 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by davidhughes85
You would be fine with all of them...
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you don't feel that he has given good advice in the "lighting requirement " thread but you just told a guy with a 10g nano that he could get a gigas ( grows up to 54"), derasa ( grows up to 24" ) or squamosa or maxima ( grows up to 16" ).


HumanIMDB:

it is very hard to maintain the parameter stability in a 10g that is required to keep a clam happy. i'm not saying that it is impossible, several people on here do it but they will be the first to tell you that it is not easy and takes a great deal of work.

IME the lighting you have would be insufficient for a crocea. 1/2 of the light from your 50/50 is actinic, leaving only about 48w of light and half of that is coming off the top of the bulb and away from the clam.
 
Thanks everyone. Reading more (here on RC and elsewhere) about the space requirements alone have made me decide not to get a clam until I get my 92 gallon tank going.

I was just wondering if it was a good idea to get a clam for our nano and obviously, for several reasons, it is not.

This is why I now (try to) do research <b>before</b> I buy something... ;)
 
IMO, which means little to nothing, even to me,lol, most people don't realize that you can't count the actinic lighting when figuring wattage amounts. Also that half of that goes up, which unless you have very good reflectors, you lose most of. Very smart human, getting opinions and doing the research is the best way to go, ONLY way actually.
 
Are you serious? I can't tell. If so, the not counting of actinics is for brightness, not really putting anything out there. You wouldn't call 500watts of actinic "bright", but 500 watts of MH is significantly brighter.

I don't use them on tanks using 14 to 20k bulbs. The spectrum of light that actinics put out is in the 420n-460n, which is already being put out in those temp. bulbs. I believe they are more of a color modification more than anything else, though they do provide a small spectrum of light. I'm not the light expert though, someone else can do the in depth techie stuff.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9440231#post9440231 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sjfishguy
Then why do we use them?
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the truth ...... because we like the way it looks. actually not we, they. i prefer 10K light .
 
well, i fit a full size emperator angel in a 20 gal tank, but it's irresponsible to do things like that

haha true.
The reason actinics dont count for much as a light source is that the blue spectrum is hardly if at all used as a photosynthetic light. Light that is absorbed is used for photosynthesis. The rest is reflected and comes back as color. For example, a crocea clam that is mostly a blue/ purple will look alot bluer under actinics because there is alot more blue light to reflect.
 
This is also why people who do alot of photography with their tanks generally use alot of actinic light. It just makes the colors seem alot more vibrant.
 
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