G. Ternatensis Tank Build!
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Harlequin Shrimp
Clams need an extremely high lighting content (like metal halide high..) any other clams I would assume to be dinner since bivalves, just like crabs, are their main diet (Unless Mino is a spearer... but still some spearers live off bivalves). JMO
Even if still going Metal halide, or 6-8 bulb T5, they will dramatically raise temp resulting in a chiller needed... my mom's cousen had to occasionally put ice cubes in his 125 gallon to keep it cool..
Or simply go nice cooler LED that never heats up the tank
Kharn
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Don't be so sure...
Firstly I have kept clams under simple dual T5's for long periods and in a small tank the clam thrived and there was no real good form of filtration just tiny canister filters and hob filters...tank was only 30L.
Slowly all coral died off and I saved the lone Stomatopod within by placing it into a much larger and stabler system but the clam thrived on...
Not all Stomatopods eat clams, I remember talking with Dr.Caldwell a while back about how he use to find large spearer burrows near giant clams in the wild.
Minos is a spearer...
Calappidae
Harlequin Shrimp
Don't be so sure...
Firstly I have kept clams under simple dual T5's for long periods and in a small tank the clam thrived and there was no real good form of filtration just tiny canister filters and hob filters...tank was only 30L.
Slowly all coral died off and I saved the lone Stomatopod within by placing it into a much larger and stabler system but the clam thrived on...
Not all Stomatopods eat clams, I remember talking with Dr.Caldwell a while back about how he use to find large spearer burrows near giant clams in the wild.
Minos is a spearer...
If the clam was 2 inches or smaller, and was a squamosa, I can picture it thriving as squamosa usually is deeper than most clams (still need lotsa light tho) and if any clam was 2 inch or smaller they don't live off the light alone at that age (filter feeders).
I've seen a squamosa living in a petco tank with a single burnt out atinic bulb and it lasted a few months. Usually, like corals, it will bleach before death.
I was just looking into this and I'm just repeating the info I heard from the LFS and off another thread.
Islandoftiki
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Calappidae
Harlequin Shrimp
of course it varies on the individigual stomatopod.
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Jesfromdax
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Great thread can't wait for the Christmas update
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Sad day today. Chuck passed away some time over the past 24 hours. This wasn't unexpected, as he was getting pretty old. His last molt was about 11 months ago,which is a very long time to go without molting. I don't know exactly how old he was, but he has to be a minimum of 6 or 7 years old, possibly older. We put him to rest in our flower garden. Chuck was given to me by a local reefer who felt that I could give him a better home than in the sump of their tank, and I hope he enjoyed his last years in this special tank that I put together just for him. The old man will be missed. He was a good soul.
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