small tank housing a tridacna

[Betti Weiss]

I am setting up a 15 gallon high tank that is retro fitted with a 32 watt smart lamp. I was hoping to put a tridacna clam in it. If 32 watts is not enough, would it help to place it up in the rocks? I would also like to put a mated pair of Ocean Rider seahorses in the tank. Has anyone out there had any luck with tridacnids in small tanks?
bettiweiss@yahoo.com

 

[manderx]

i had a blue maxima in a 4ish gallon tank with 4 9watt PC's on it (with a 10 gallon sump). it did very well in that tank for over a year before i broke it down and moved everything back into my main tank. it was a tall acrylic tank with a very small opening at the top and got to be too much of a pain to clean the coralline off the sides.

 

[fishymissy]

You might want to rethink the mixing of seahorses and clams. If the horse attempts to hitch to the clam there could be a problem.