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alguy344

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Well you guys know how I wanted to do the 29 gallon clam tank? Well I revised my plans, in a 29 gallon tank, you are kinda restricted with space, and you arent gonna be able to keep a derasa or maxima for long in there cuz its gonna get so big, so I set up a 50 gallon BREEDER thats 36 by 18 by 18 i believe. That way I can basically keep whatever I want and how ever many I want. So I thought this is the best way to go. I figured for the 29 gallon maybe 4-5 clams. But the 50 gallon = ALOT. So I went to hellolights.com ( A great place mind you) and I was looking at their retrofit kits. I dont have a hood or anything for it. I will buy glass at homedepot for that. And I dont wanna spend more than 230 bucks for lighting. So I saw a 250 watt one for like 175 excluding bulb. (I will probably get an Ushio) Thanks for the input, ill get pics really soon whats its up and running. Sorry for the long post.
 
What makes you think a 50 gallon tank will give you ALOT of room??

It's not even twice as large... In terms of space wise it won't give you much extra... Although It would be a wiser choice with clams..

AS you stated about the maxima.. They are VERY slow growing clams.. By the time they get anywhere near large enough for the tank, you'd have a 250 gallon tank ready..

I don't thinking keeping a squamosa in that tank for the long run would be smart for a 29 or even 50 gal. They are VERY fast growers...
 
I would recommend an "open" hood or something that you can view your clams from the top. My preference is a pendant MH with clams. Clams look almost completely different from the top as they do from the sides. As far as it being enough light, it would be enough but generally speaking a MH covers a 24" by 24" area so if you might want to concentrate them to the middle. Hope this helps
 
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