quick easy clam QT and acclimation

[mbbuna]

i think the mystery encrusting object is a Botryllus

http://www.edge-of-reef.com/tunicati/htmen/TUNbotryllusen.htm

 

[jmaneyapanda]

ezcompany- here is something to consider about your claim- water is intensively reflective. So it may only take about 15 minutes for the sun to rise, but it is quite horizontal to the plane of the ocean. So a vast majority of the light is reflected and refracted. At "high noon", the sun is perpendicular to the water, and the light penetrates severely. Then is wanes again. So, unless our lighting system rotate through the space above the water (which some of us may have), we are not replicating nature in that aspect. So artificial dawn and dusk are more natural than suspected.

Cool tunicates Mbbuna. Something to think about with hitchhikers- good or bad. I scrub them all off- regardless of demeanor. Lets say these tunicates are completely harmless to the clam- but what feed on them? And will that activity bother, harm, stress, or even kill the clam? I once bought a clam with wild tunicate and sponge growth on the shell. First is was the inverts in the tank, then the fish, which worked over the hitchhikers so much, the clam died quickly for the constant negative stimulation. I wont make that mistake again. I do allow existing things in my tank to populate the shell, though, as the other animals usually have a previous and larger source, if they should choose to pick.

 

[ezcompany]

hmmm. i need to dig up the read, it was an advanced aquarist article, and the point on the 15 minute wasn't where the sun was positioned but actual PAR values on the corals if i remember correctly. Early morning PAR values were only a few notches lower than midday noon PAR values. Let me see if i can find the article.

 

[shari]

You boys have many of us at the lab in total bewilderment.

MBBUNA, Panda....please dont stop

 

[Giovanni]

jmaneyapanda

What is the name of that store in Atlanta? I may stop there on my way to FL next time.

 

[jmaneyapanda]

Its called Cappuccino Bay Aquarium. Look on the www.atlantareefclub.org site- it has a link to their site.

Shari- I dont know if I should be flattered or upset. What do you mean- bewildered?

Ez- yes get me the article, I would be amazed to find that the PAr levels of the reef were near identical at high noon and post dawn.

 

[ezcompany]

jmaneyapanda, i did a search last night but couldn't find it!
i'll continue the search

 

[jmaneyapanda]

Please let me know what you find. If it was measuring the PAR above the water, that is one thing, but I cant imagine the par would be near the same when the light source is coming from near parallel to near perpendicular. But what the hell do I know, I am not a physicist.

BTW cool clam.

 

[kaserpick]

This is just me, but I would imagine that at dawn and dusk there would be a considerable amount of light refracted into the water and not so much being reflected back upward. Also, at "high noon" when the sun is perpendicular the reflection and refraction would most like increase and decrease respectively and considerably. This would explain that although there appears to be less source in the mornings and evenings, the PAR seems to fluxuate less than expected. These are just my thoughts though. I did take a ton of physics and math, but these are still just thoughts.

Great clams!