Right now I have all my clams in a tank thats been up and running since last september-ish give or take a month but I'm thinking of moving them to my new tank, its about a month and a half live-stock old, one of my LFS has a rule about not selling someone a clam unless they have had their tank up for about 6 months, normally I like that they make rules to keep people from doing stupid things, but in this case I don't know why they have the rule and haven't had a guts to ask them whats with the rule. Does anyone know of any reason you couldn't put a clam into a newer tank? Also the tank I want to move some clams into was made with water from my old tanks and about 50% old live rock and 50% new live rock (hope that makes sense to you because it sounds funny typing it), any comments questions ect. most welcome. Pretty much my aunts are jealous of me keeping my clams in my tank in my room and want them where they can oogle them.
How soon can I put a clam in my tank?
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The basic reason is that until a tank has reached a certain age, its bacterial bed is fragile, its food supply is scant, and the system is prone to fluxing wildly---between general raw, new chemistry and an inexpert owner, who might make a topoff error or an additive mistake; that's one main reason. But you've got a backup tank; and you're nearly a year experienced. Just move out a clam from the older tank and get a new one for it...feed phyto: I have a clam in a reef, and feed it frequently. It's layered on about 5 rows of scutes since I got it. Wish you luck with the new tank!
