Enough Lighting or Not?

[Brock Fluharty]

I saw a beautiful clam at my lfs the other day. I think it is a crocea, but I cannot be sure. I will call him and ask tomorrow, but my question is this: Is 216 watts of T5 HO light on a 75 gallon tank enough light for one? Once again, I will post what species it is tomorrow, but I am pretty sure it was a crocea. It was mainly a blue green color, with some green and yellow specks.

Brock

 

[Brock Fluharty]

BTW, it is only $30.00. I think that's a good price...?

 

[Ti]

are these TEK T5?

 

[Brock Fluharty]

I don't think so. They are the Nova Extreme deal that Drs. Foster and smith have.

 

[Opcn]

How big, and how high in the tank can you put it?

 

[Brock Fluharty]

The clam itself is about 3 1/2 inches, and I could get him about 6 or 7 inches under the light. If need be, I would stack my rocks even higher to get him where he needs to be.

 

[Brock Fluharty]

Doesn't anyone know if this is enough light???

 

[The steven liu]

I would say no. If you want to keep clams you would need quality lighting of at least 5-8 watts per gallon. Yours is barely 3 watts per gallon. I have 300 watts of PC light with a 50 gallon and I put my clam 2" from the surface.

 

[Brock Fluharty]

Watts per gallon doesn't mean anything. T5 produce a lot more light than other types of flourescent fixtures per watt though.

 

[Ti]

Since it's not even TEK, I gotta vote no.

 

[tangey]

I would vote NO

 

[Brock Fluharty]

Sheesh tangey...you coulda said it a little bit more politely...

 

[tangey]

Sorry I just wanted my point to be clear. I just didn't want a clam to die on you. Sorry man you are right i could have said it nicer
no hard feelings

 

[tangey]

hey,
I see you are in the 8th grade. I am in the 8th grade too. Hows the tank been going.

Ryan

 

[Brock Fluharty]

My tank is doing fine. Found an aiptasia earlier today though...on the same rock as my new pink/brown zoos too...grr!

 

[tangey]

I wonder how many kids our age are into reefkeeping. Maybe either you or I should start a post seeing how many kids are our age that are into reefkeeping. Also we can ask to post pictures.

 

[Brock Fluharty]

That'd be cool to start a club of trading frags since it is a little bit harder for younger kids to buy stuff with their own money. We should start one.

 

[Brock Fluharty]

Lol, by younger kids, I meant us. Lol.

 

[tangey]

Ya thats a good idea on the trading frags. I think we should try that. Any idea on how we woulds set that up?

Ryan

 

[Brock Fluharty]

I don't know. We could set up a website, and then start a post asking anybody under 18 or so to join. We could have our own tank of the month,frag swap, anything! That would be awesome. I just saw that you had 1 year and 2 months experience, I have 1 year lol. I will e-mail you so e don't get this thread deleted for being off track. Lol.

Brock