Tiny clam in Nano Question

[lanamarks]

I have a nano - 2.5 gallons. It is about 8-10" deep (would have to measure).

It has a 10W mini compact flourescant 6500K bulb.

I am setting this tank up as a mini refugium type tank with lots of macro, pods, etc. There is a nice button poylp rock in there and a few snails.

Question 1: Would any of the lower light clams work if they were really small?

Question 2: I realize if they were really tiny they would need phyto. Because the tank is so small I think I could feed them like that.

Question 3: If I did feed them phyto like that would the excess nutrients get eaten by other things in the tank or absorbed by the plants? I guess I am wondering if the clam doesn't eat all of it what do I need to do to keep water parameters good.

Just for a side note: I do have a large reef tank that I can use for daily water changes. If the clam got too large for the nano I could move it to the main tank which has 400W MH and 150W VHO.

 

[BLKTANG]

No.

 

[lanamarks]

No problem. No clam for me.

 

[Unarce]

I had fun trying it, until I discovered my clown goby developed a taste for clam mantle. Did great for a couple of months until then.

http://reefs.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=58640&highlight=point5

 

[M.Maddox]

Experiences of "a couple of months" are completely useless in this hobby. You haven't been succesful with a photosynthetic specimen until you've had it at least a year, and it's show regular growth. A photosynthetic animal can spend a year dying of attrition and look "great". Just a heads up

 

[Unarce]

You haven't been succesful with a photosynthetic specimen until you've had it at least a year

Gosh, I don't remember saying it was a success, making your post kind of 'useless':rolleye1:

Successful rearing of photosynthetic specimens would be more in the line of 3-5 years at least.