Hello all, new to the clam area here 
Im thinking of getting a clam and have a few qusestions that I hope could get answered.
I read the lighting sticky and 90% of the threads here and there are a few things that Im still not 100% clear on.
Ill throw this stuff in list form to make it easier.
1. Would it be a good assumption that any clam would do well at/near the bottom of a 75g tank with 2x250w DE MH 10k and 2x54w T-5 actinic? ( I run ~12hrs T5 and ~10mh)
2. Seems that water params should be kept at the standard?
PH 8.0-8.3
SG 1.025-6, (35ppt ish)
ALK ~10dkh
CA ~420ppm
MG ~1200ppm
NO3,4 PO4 as close to 0 as possible
TEMP ~80
3. Placement - Sand/rock?
Crocea-?
Maxima-?
Deresa-?
(didnt ask others because Im not interested in them but if someone wants to throw them in for completeness, by all means go ahead)
4. Is there a really easy way to ID the 3 above? The employees and the LFS's that I frequent seem to either be liars or maybe crayon eaters sometimes and I never trust them with any ID's that aren't obvious. (I see a lot of mislabeled stuff sometimes, dont know if they are trying to rip people off or just plain dumb/don't care)
Anyhow, TYIA and if theres anything important that you think I might have missed pls include.
Thanks again.
Im thinking of getting a clam and have a few qusestions that I hope could get answered.
I read the lighting sticky and 90% of the threads here and there are a few things that Im still not 100% clear on.
Ill throw this stuff in list form to make it easier
.1. Would it be a good assumption that any clam would do well at/near the bottom of a 75g tank with 2x250w DE MH 10k and 2x54w T-5 actinic? ( I run ~12hrs T5 and ~10mh)
2. Seems that water params should be kept at the standard?
PH 8.0-8.3
SG 1.025-6, (35ppt ish)
ALK ~10dkh
CA ~420ppm
MG ~1200ppm
NO3,4 PO4 as close to 0 as possible
TEMP ~80
3. Placement - Sand/rock?
Crocea-?
Maxima-?
Deresa-?
(didnt ask others because Im not interested in them but if someone wants to throw them in for completeness, by all means go ahead)
4. Is there a really easy way to ID the 3 above? The employees and the LFS's that I frequent seem to either be liars or maybe crayon eaters sometimes and I never trust them with any ID's that aren't obvious. (I see a lot of mislabeled stuff sometimes, dont know if they are trying to rip people off or just plain dumb/don't care)
Anyhow, TYIA and if theres anything important that you think I might have missed pls include.
Thanks again.
