Growth pics 2 months 2 weeks

[adtravels]

I bought this clam (pretty sure its a squamosa) 2 months and two weeks ago it is in my sumpless 29 gallon tank with two percs a scarlet hak some sps live rock etc.
it was 6 inches when I bought it it is 6 inches under a 55 watt 10 k pc bulb and a 55 watt actinic bulb the tank temp is between 82 and 84 (no chiller for this tank, just a fan and i live in bangkok) and as you can see it is costing me a fortune in calcium and alkalinity supplements.
along with the coralline i add about 5-10 ml of kent a and b plus kalkwasser as top off.

It seems to like the conditions!
I plan on releaseing it in a marine park (gulf of thailand) here when it gets too big

Fully expanded lights on

and two showing growth

 

[a4twenty]

nice squamie, that growth is impressive

 

[Chris Lakies]

Man nice squam!

Thats a cool plan too! Just make sure you do a lot of research when you release it into the wild of what depth you should put it at. Maybe talk to the parks fish and game if you have one.

 

[sltpro-07]

that's neat mine has the white new shell growing too good thing i saw this thread before i posted a thread

 

[ezcompany]

just make sure its far away from poachers and pollution!

 

[ezcompany]

wrong post sorry

 

[adtravels]

There is a marine park near to where I live near the island of ko samet some very secluded beaches with fringing reef there and many clams of most varieties crocea squamosa etc.
They are protected and it is a beautiful place, I plan to take it in a styrene coolerbox with a portable airstone (2 hour journey).

I will keep it for a while though looks cool in my tank and is thriving!

funny thing visibility is often 0.5 to 4 metres max so they are not recieving full sunlight most of the time, but they are thriving there now since it was declared a marine park.