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[Qhoang]

A few more.

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[Qhoang]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13965143#post13965143 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sps1-2-b
Is that a maxima clam in the first pic? If so does it have a name like polka dot blueberry or something like that? Looks cool. I want one.

Its a T. squamosa clam from ORA

 

[daaznmofo]

awesine oucs

 

[daaznmofo]

i meant to say awesome pics.

 

[bdblkta]

so you take the nice stuff home so jason and i cant get them from you.

 

[Cantonesefish]

FTS Please!

 

[Walter Costa]

Did u get de XM20k yet?

 

[arc eye]

Full tank shot! Please!

 

[camaroracer214]

how's the skimmer performing? very curious to know how well they do. and yeah, let's see an updated fts.

 

[Qhoang]

Skimmer is doing great. Now that i actually have some bioload in the tank its starting to pull some nasty stuff. Still not enough corals in the tank for a fts. Hopefully soon

 

[jmaneyapanda]

Ack! Get the clams on the rocks! Very few clams, especially small ones are at home on the sand, but everyone puts them there. At the very least, move the maxima and crocea!!

 

[volcom69]

Clams can be in the sand if they have something hard to attach there foot to, and dereasa clams live in the sand.

 

[sly fox]

another fts please Q, havent been down the store for a while cos im still waiting for the tank from AGE and I hate the temptation... jan im told

 

[myzislow]

Looking good, nice scape! T. squamosa is fine on the sand bed. I would move the maxima and crocea onto the rock work or at least give them their own rock to attach themselves if you want them down low on the sand bed.

 

[jmaneyapanda]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14013648#post14013648 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by volcom69
Clams can be in the sand if they have something hard to attach there foot to, and dereasa clams live in the sand.

Check your sources. Point in fact, juvenile derasa, do not ever go in the sand in the wild. Only when they get quite large will they do so. Realistically, any clam that secrets byssal threads has evolved to live on the rocky reef structure.

Looking good, nice scape! T. squamosa is fine on the sand bed. I would move the maxima and crocea onto the rock work or at least give them their own rock to attach themselves if you want them down low on the sand bed.

Any clam will be "fine" in the sand, but most would be more at home on the rock, squamosa included. People always assume they should go in the sand, but it is an unnatural home for them. Furthermore, clamms do not photosaturate, so they can recieve more light than you could supply, and the more light they get, the better they do. So higher = better.

 

[rduong89]

take some pics of the new coral you brought home today Q!

 

[Gig 'em]

nice build. I'm jealous of the cube, I've been dying to get one for years

 

[Qhoang]

updated FTS

 

[Qhoang]

Some close ups of the corals

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[Walter Costa]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14031921#post14031921 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Qhoang
updated FTS

Sorry to insist Qhoang, but is this the XM 20k? which ballast?