min light for Squamosa Clam

[ManEatingGuppy]

im not planning on anything expensive so whats the minimum liughting for this clam?

 

[kfisc]

you could potentially do it with pc's- but it would do better with as much of whatever you can afford- lots of disagreement about this, but if i weren't using halides, i go for t5's. fwiw-

 

[Peabody]

Agreed. What size tank are you talking about?

 

[ManEatingGuppy]

55 corner, it only has about a 6 inch opening so if that clams going to be in there, its gunna be in there forever..... or should i sell it before out growing my tank?

 

[Peabody]

And what kind of lights do you have?

 

[ManEatingGuppy]

none, thats why im asking... and dont worry, i do not own a clam yet

 

[Peabody]

If you only have 6 inches of space, then a clam is probably not a good idea. Squamosa and derasa clams get LARGE. With that size and kind of space, I think you would want a 150 or 175w MH bulb minimum.

 

[ManEatingGuppy]

not 6 inch of space, the opening is a rectangle that in about 6 inches wide and about 2ish feet long, im worried if a clam can grow over 6 inches wide other than that my tank is about 3 feet long from front to backand about 2 1/2 feet from side to side, think the clam will over grow that?

 

[Peabody]

They get quite large - 18+ inches

 

[inlandreef]

I have PC's and I keep a Derasa and Squamosa

 

[inlandreef]

 

[paulpp187]

mine is 12 by 12 it is huge

 

[ManEatingGuppy]

how long do these clams live?

 

[Peabody]

In the wild it's estimated that some Tridacnid clams live over 100 years. In a healthy tank without disease or predation, given proper conditions, there's no telling how long they will live.