critterkeeper
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JonK, can you give some more details? Species, size, depth, type and number of bulbs?
Thanks
Thanks
Working on a clam book and need your help
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I had them under 440 watts of VHO and about 80 watts of NO in a 90 gallon tank. Both placed on the sandbed. Probably about 18 inches from the lights. Just recently(the last couple months) I added another 440 watts of VHO(removed the NO). Bulb combination was 1 10K, 2 50/50 bulbs and 1 Super actinic.
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Thanks! What species were they and how big?
MHannon
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I have had a Derasa in a 30 gallon for a year and a half under 192 watts of power compacts. I have a 36" Coralife Lunar Aqualight. It contains one 96 watt 10k day light, and one 96 watt actinic 03. I bought him when he was 3". He is now 5 1/2". He is 8" from the lights. I suppliment DT's phytoplankton and oyster eggs 3X a week, this is mainly for the other corals. I do not target/spot feed the clam. I also maintain Ca. at 410 ppm.
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manderx
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i've always wondered if the burrowing issue was more the rock growing up around the clam than it activly burrowing in.
i had a small corcea in a ~3gallon cube several years ago with 4x9w PCs over it. did fine for 8 months, then i tore it down because it was too hard keeping coralline off the sides since the tank had just a very small access hole at the top to reach in through.
i had a small corcea in a ~3gallon cube several years ago with 4x9w PCs over it. did fine for 8 months, then i tore it down because it was too hard keeping coralline off the sides since the tank had just a very small access hole at the top to reach in through.
CaptiveReef
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Crocea thumb nail size
Crocea thumb nail size
I purchased a Crocea the size of a thumb nail, it was the width of a small marble. Yes it did bore into the live rock I had placed it on.
I also had a small 1 inch maxima bore into live rock.
CaptiveReef
Crocea thumb nail size
I purchased a Crocea the size of a thumb nail, it was the width of a small marble. Yes it did bore into the live rock I had placed it on.
I also had a small 1 inch maxima bore into live rock.
CaptiveReef
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Looking forward to the book....BUMP
dr.darkness
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When might this book be available?
critterkeeper
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Hopefully it will be on the shelves this summer. The writing is done. Now it's in the process of being "pre-press" prepared, then printing and delivery...
GroYurOwn
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i have a 3" tridacna that has been kept for nearly a year in my 10g under a 28w pc. it extends its mantle so far that i sometimes think it'll jump out of its shell! no gaping. it has grown about .5 inches. i dose my tank with DT's, and just started on oyster eggs, but i dont spot feed the clam.
GroYurOwn
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ok, but if so many other factors are saying its healthy and one is saying that it may be reaching out for more light, than why should i jump to saying that its unhealthy? check this article out, and tell me where in that article it would indicate i have an unhealthy clam, in fact, it says the mantle should extend well over the shell. http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/cav1i3/Clam_care/Clam_care.htm
i am not being smart, if i am wrong and my clam is unhealthy i want to know, but i am not going to be convinced as easily as some are on this web-site, i have done something that most people wouldnt because i decided to take a risk, and so many people on this site are scared to do that, but by never taking a chance they can only ever learn by what others tell them, and thats just not for me.
i am not being smart, if i am wrong and my clam is unhealthy i want to know, but i am not going to be convinced as easily as some are on this web-site, i have done something that most people wouldnt because i decided to take a risk, and so many people on this site are scared to do that, but by never taking a chance they can only ever learn by what others tell them, and thats just not for me.
