enough light for clam?

[cubano2480]

Hi everyone I have 150 reef tank with 3 250MH my tank is 26'' depth and 5ft long,I have the bulbs 3'' from the water my question is: can I have clams on the bottom?

IceCap 250 Watt Electronic Metal Halide/ HQI Ballast
Single-Ended- 14000K Hamilton


Thanks for ur help
Ricardo

 

[mjdf]

You won't have any problems, except water temp getting too high. Raise your lights 6"-8' off water surface. The heat from the halides needs to vent , otherwise the water will heat up too much. Also raising the lights allittle will give better coverage of light for your tank. But yes that will be enough for clams.

 

[cubano2480]

ok my water temperature is 78~80 the chiller take care about the heat, I know that I can have clams with my light but I`m not sure that I can place clams on the bottom of the tank.Thanks a lot for ur help.

Ricardo

 

[kfisc]

I think you will be fine with clams on the bottom, especially with a tank depth of only 26". Sounds like a neat tank-

 

[cubano2480]

thank u guys ,kfisc nice pic I like u dog :thumbsup:

 

[kfisc]

thanks very much!

 

[sundance1]

I have a 125 with 3x250 watt MH and 4x96 watt PC's and I have no problems with keeping crocea clams.:bum:

 

[cubano2480]

sundance1 how depth is u tank???