I have a question about clams and lighting. I know that clams do best under MH and some of you have them under T5s but how well do clams survive under PCs. Nobody ever mentions PCs!
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i always recommend good strong lighting for clams but it has been said that you can keep some under PCs, but its mostly the dull brown and tan ones like the Squasmosa
the ones with the bright blues and purples do need much stronger lighting
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Oh I was wondering how that happened! Yeah, I've been looking at the squamosa and derasa clams. I have 8 x 65 watt PC and was wondering how one of these clams might do.
IMHO, an established tank would be one that has been stable for a year. Has a thriving population of pods, everything is in good health, water parameters are stable, eg, temp 76-82F, PH 8.2-8.6, Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate around 5, Calcium 400 - 450, Alk 8-12 dKH, a redox of 350-425 mv. In other words everything is running smoothly along, no bumps in the road. If you're continuously adjust things or are adding chemicals to compensate for something imagined or real, your tank is probably not stable.
What size tank are we considering putting a clam into? What are the water parameters? What other tank mates are in there? How long has the tank been running? Give us some more feef-back so we can be of further help to you.
Many hobbyists go out and buy new animals, such as a clam, for their tank without asking questions. Those animals very often die a lingering death due to neglect, starvation or the wrong lighting. It's a waste! The critters we elect to keep in our captive environment deserve the best treatment possible or we don't deserve to keep them at all. The animals themselves will tell us how we are doing by thriving or dieing.
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The tank is a 120 gal (48x24x24) with a 30 gal sump/fuge with chaeto...lots of pods. pH 8.3 am 0 nitrite 0 nitrate 0 calcium 450 alk 9dkh. This tank is a little over a year old with mostly leathers, zoas, and shrooms. 520 watts PC. I don't add much for additives except for kalk and buffer. I do 15 gal water changes weekly and quarantine everything new for about a month.
It seems you would be okay with a squamosa clam. If it were me I'd try one. Good luck.
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they are filter feeders.
and as long as you dont get a real small one it should be fine.
people commonly add phyto to the tank, and other invert/filter feeder foods.
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This indicates to me that you need to do some research before you buy one. NEVER buy an animal before you know how to take care of them.
That would be common sense!
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lol.. good point Dick..
Yes Cheetos, make sure you do a bit more extensive research on them
they are not incredibly difficult once they are put in the correct environment.
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