Where to attach Maxima

DTs live phyto talks about how much and how often to feed. it is several times a week. where to put it to start out would be dependant on what type of lighting it came from and what type of lighting you have. in the wild they like the rock. if you need more detailed answers we need more data, ie lighting in the tank inhabitants water movment ect. my guess would be the smaller tank you have listed :-) good luck

B
 
with a maxima that size, its usually best if you feed them everyday each week due to the fact that there is not enough sufficient zooxanthellae at that stage in its life available to sustain them automatically.
 
this is probably why small clams should not be sold. they need so frequent feedings that most hobbyist can't devote the time and resources to caring for them properly. They are very cute, and cheaper, but less hardy thatn a 3 incher.
 
Hogwash

Hogwash

this is probably why small clams should not be sold. they need so frequent feedings that most hobbyist can't devote the time and resources to caring for them properly. They are very cute, and cheaper, but less hardy thatn a 3 incher.

This is folklore. Small maximas do great if you know what you are doing. Tell your statement to the thousands of tiny maxima i have growing at my place. Rumors like this actually do more harm then good and scare people from buying small farm raised clams. All clam farms do not produce large (3") or larger maximas, they grow them to 30 to 60 mil and push them out for shipping logistics and cost factors. When statements like yours are made, people only want to buy clams that have been ripped off the reef, and the farms are tossed to the wayside. Here is what small clams need to grow:

1. Bright light
2. Stable temperture( fluctuations will kill them/80f works well)
3. Calcium (400-450ppm)
4. Alkalinity ( 8 -10dkh)
5. A fish population being fed a variety of foods creating waste(urea, nitrogen,etc)
6. substrate to attach to
7. exclusion of predators or nippy fish
8. Be careful introducing new clams without quarant.

If you can provide this, then small maximas will grow. If any of these factors are overlooked, then a small clam very well may die.Support aquaculture! good for the reefs, and the people that live by them

Bowl feeding is a joke, but that is a whole nother' discussion
 
Re: Hogwash

Re: Hogwash

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8077263#post8077263 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Reefsavers
this is probably why small clams should not be sold. they need so frequent feedings that most hobbyist can't devote the time and resources to caring for them properly. They are very cute, and cheaper, but less hardy thatn a 3 incher.

This is folklore. Small maximas do great if you know what you are doing. Tell your statement to the thousands of tiny maxima i have growing at my place. Rumors like this actually do more harm then good and scare people from buying small farm raised clams. All clam farms do not produce large (3") or larger maximas, they grow them to 30 to 60 mil and push them out for shipping logistics and cost factors. When statements like yours are made, people only want to buy clams that have been ripped off the reef, and the farms are tossed to the wayside. Here is what small clams need to grow:

1. Bright light
2. Stable temperture( fluctuations will kill them/80f works well)
3. Calcium (400-450ppm)
4. Alkalinity ( 8 -10dkh)
5. A fish population being fed a variety of foods creating waste(urea, nitrogen,etc)
6. substrate to attach to
7. exclusion of predators or nippy fish
8. Be careful introducing new clams without quarant.

If you can provide this, then small maximas will grow. If any of these factors are overlooked, then a small clam very well may die.Support aquaculture! good for the reefs, and the people that live by them

Bowl feeding is a joke, but that is a whole nother' discussion
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When you say "nippy fish", would that include a lawnmower blennie?
 
In the sand would be fine for your Maxima. I have had small Maxima that does verywell without feeding other than feeding the tank. One think you should do is to make sure there are no parasitic snails one your Maxiam. Pick them up check at least weekly until there is no more for several weeks. Even once this is done, I would check them once in a while. I like to keep mine in the sand until I can be sure that they are parasite free.
They also look better on to bottom of the tank so you can look down to them. Your Sunpod should have pleny of light for them. I have the same tank, and one think I notice is that the brightness is not at all even. There is a band mid line under the light that is really bright but the rest of the tank, the light is significantly lower.
 
I will have to agree. I bought a 1 inch maxima and I bowl fed him one time and said forget it. Too much of a pain. I've had it now for 3 years. The only downside that I've seen with baby maximas are they take a long long time to grow from 1 inch. Mine is probably 2.5" now and I mean a tiny overall size too.

I think you can feed them phyto and it doesn't hurt and it could be helpful if your tank doesn't provide the necessary requirements but it can be done successful without it.

I place all my clams on the sandbed but maximas can do fine on the rock work too. I just fine my maximas like the sand while my croceas love the rocks.
 
Reefsavers- you hit the nail on the head- "Small maximas do great if you know what you are doing". This is exactly my point. People buy a smaller clam which will be far more sensitive than a larger one, and when the 8 steps you mentioned are not followed- failure will occur. Regarding your 8 steps, number 5 is what tweaks my curiosity, because it is what mimics my statement about feeding. I too agree that clams dont necessarily have to be fed specifically (ie- DT's phyto, etc.). In fact, I have posted in many posts previously that I think overfeeding causes more issues than underfeeding. However your issue in statement 5 argues the same point I brought up. I unfortunately think people think they can throw a clam under bright light and it wont need anything else- this is not true as you know. They need other requirements, namely food and calcium. The bottom line is that with ANY animal, a younger smaller, and consequently weaker animal will be more in harms way from mistreatment than will a more mature animal.

Secondly, I take great offense to your clam that my attitude is what causes people to buy wild clams instead of captive raised. I never mentioned, or even implied this! In fact, I strongly urge people to buy captive clams. Larger captive are certainly out there, as I own 4 of them. None were purchased at sizes smaller than 3". But, if you want to discuss the politics and economics of clam farmers, I will very respectively do so, as I do have very strong beliefs in these practices, but I will not bore eveyone with them. Feel free to contact me.
 
Reefsavers,

Since you`re a wholesaler and you really can't advertise here in the forums, would you mind letting us know who your retailers are? A PM would be nice.

Omar

BTW, I stand 100% for CB anything, though it's still rather difficult to get CB all of your livestock (depending of course where one's heart is)
 
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