Clams and T5s.

-TS-Vash

-TS-Vash

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I have a 75 gallon tank with the nova extreme T5 ho light. Its a 216 watt light with 4 54 watt bulbs and 1 parabolic reflector I have 4 current bulbs 2 10k and 2 460nm. What kind of clams could i keep in my tank and where would be the best place to keep them. I ordered a 2 inch squamosa clam at my lfs it will be here on tuesday. Would it be ok to keep it on the sand out of the shade? Could i keep any thing else right now untill i get one more 216 watt light later?

I know a light with a parabolic reflector for each bulb is better but i already have this one. But my next one will be a Tek 5.
 
Looks like you already made your decision before asking us what you can keep with your lighting :p.

Just like Ti said, your probably limited to a squamosa, Desera and of course a Gigas but of course those get to big for small aquariums.

Your bulbs should be fine for what your limited to.
 
Well i know i can keep a squamosa but i didnt know if i could keep it on the sand and i didnt know what other clams i could keep.
 
Oh okay, Well Squamosas and Deseras are sand dwellers so they should be kept in the sandbed. Good luck with it.
 
Got my first Gigas its 6"long and when open 5" wide Its brown with green and blue circles every where i got it at a pet store they had it for 6 months and never changed the price so it was $59 dollars even though it was only 2 inches when they got it. Ill post pics later if you all would want to see it?
 
I wanna see! I'm looking for clam pics right now! :)

I was just having a brain storm about making a "clam shelf" in my tank. You guys ever hear of that AgraCrete rock or something like that. Basically you make your own rocks out of a mixture of concrete, and Aragonite sand. I was picturing how to make one that's a "rocky shaped" shallow bowl type thing...so you could put some sand in the bowl part, and keep clams close to the surface all the while keeping it natural looking.

Off topic sorry, but I had to voice my brain storm!
 
I now have a 7" gigas and a 3" squamosa they look great. I have a 4" blue maxima on order at my LFS for tuesday.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7184854#post7184854 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by -TS-Vash
me to hehe. Ti you like the movie princess mononoke im asking because of your avatar. BTW its cool.
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It was a great movie!
 
s3aL I dont have a camera so i have to use a friends plus i just got a sieo and a coralife super skimmer and 18 watt Uv and a rodi and a lot of sps. so i wanted to wait untill i had it all here so i could take pics of it all at one time. Ill try and get every thing on the tank and post the pics of the clams on sunday. Oh yeah i got 2 aqua lifter pumps to so i could use one on my over flow box and the other as a kalk doser.

Ti thats was on of the best anime movies i have ever watched and i have seen atleast 200 anime movies.
 
pics.

gigasclam.jpg


squamosaclam.jpg
 
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