maxima loosing colour

[[17]shawn[17]]

I have had a 1.5"maxima in my tank for the past 6 months it has been looking good till about a week ago when it has started moving around overnight and getting spots on its mantle where it looses all color help!

 

[mbbuna]

how about a photo

 

[[17]shawn[17]]

 

[mbbuna]

slowly move it up in the tank closer to the light. do you only have 2 fish in your tank?

 

[[17]shawn[17]]

3 2 clowns and a cleaner goby

 

[mbbuna]

what foods do you add to the tank and how often?

 

[[17]shawn[17]]

frozen mysis and frozen baby brine every otherday

 

[mbbuna]

if you can increase the amount of food you feed your fish without causing an algae bloom that will help the clam by giving it more dissolved nutrients in the water for its zoox.

 

[[17]shawn[17]]

sounds good ,would feeding dt's help i remember reading a big debate on if it actualy dose the clam any good or not?

 

[drives300]

Also your bulbs are 20ks from what I understand clams really like 10k

 

[mbbuna]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10182304#post10182304 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by [17]shawn[17]
sounds good ,would feeding dt's help i remember reading a big debate on if it actualy dose the clam any good or not?

clams will filter phytoplankton and pass the N&P onto there zoox but you can do the same by feeding your fish more. also remember that all the feeding in the world wont make up for a lack of light because clam have a limited ability to gain nutrition through filter feeding. Croceas at a max can only gain about 10% of there nutritional needs through filter feeding

 

[smithcreek]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10182304#post10182304 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by [17]shawn[17]
sounds good ,would feeding dt's help i remember reading a big debate on if it actualy dose the clam any good or not?

I have two clams doing very well in my tank with a 150 10k MH. The last one I added was a small maxima that just never seemed happy or healthy no matter where I put him. He appeared to be slowly going downhill over the course of a month or so, until his mantle started retracting and he looked like he was on his way out of this world.

I've never directly fed my clams before, but in this case I figured it was worth a shot, so I used the soda bottle and phyto method. The clam started looking better after a couple days and after 3 weeks I stopped. It's been another 2 weeks since I stopped and it's still looking good. So, I only have experience feeding one clam and it may have recovered on it's own anyway, but if moving it up towards the light doesn't work you may want to consider feeding. And you may want to try a 10k or at least 14k bulb.

 

[ezcompany]

i am definitely thinking its your lights, as people say 20k bulbs lose their intensity much faster than 14ks or 10ks. not to mention that 20ks have the lowest intensity out of the three, and coralife doesn't make great bulbs.

 

[[17]shawn[17]]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10185433#post10185433 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by smithcreek
I have two clams doing very well in my tank with a 150 10k MH. The last one I added was a small maxima that just never seemed happy or healthy no matter where I put him. He appeared to be slowly going downhill over the course of a month or so, until his mantle started retracting and he looked like he was on his way out of this world.

I've never directly fed my clams before, but in this case I figured it was worth a shot, so I used the soda bottle and phyto method. The clam started looking better after a couple days and after 3 weeks I stopped. It's been another 2 weeks since I stopped and it's still looking good. So, I only have experience feeding one clam and it may have recovered on it's own anyway, but if moving it up towards the light doesn't work you may want to consider feeding. And you may want to try a 10k or at least 14k bulb.

i have a 10k siting around i might try,will it have an effect on my coral?

what is the soda bottle and phyto method?

 

[smithcreek]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10186175#post10186175 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by [17]shawn[17]
i have a 10k siting around i might try,will it have an effect on my coral?

what is the soda bottle and phyto method?

Cut a plastic soda bottle in half, toss the bottom. My clam was small enough to use a 20oz bottle. Place the clam on the sand, place the top half of the bottle with the cap removed over the clam. Dig the bottle into the sand a little bit to keep it in place. Mix about 10-12 drops of phytofeast or DT's with a little bit of tank water. Suck that up in a turkey baster and squirt it into the soda bottle. Put the top on the bottle and give the clam a couple hours to filter the phyto then remove the soda bottle.

If you switch lights you may need to place a layer or two of screen in between the light and your tank, or raise you light. Then remove a layer of screen after a few days or a week, or lower you light a bit so the corals can acclimate.

 

[ezcompany]

imo, that is tedious and unecessary. adding phyto directly to your tank will probably have the same effect as concentrated feeding.

 

[[17]shawn[17]]

here is a update

 

[mbbuna]

slowly move it closer to the lights

 

[[17]shawn[17]]

i try but it just moves away over night

 

[shibumi]

Light and low flow