Acclimating Clams to light

[brayden]

I have two Croceas and would like to know how much time I need to acclimate them to a stronger Halide. The existing Halide I had them on was a 175W 10K about 30 inches away. Then the ballast blew and they went under about 320W of combined PC's for a week. I have now upgraded to a 250W 14K system with PC's to accent. I have set the clams a little off to the side to acclimate them to the stronger light. They are still about 30 inches underneath the lamp. How much time should I give them until they are centered under the Halide?

[quicksilverq]

I was told when I first got my Croceas to slowly add light over a period of days I would think you wouljd be able to keep them under them at a shorter time and add light over a few days like first day maybe 5 hours and a couple days latter 6 hours untill and keep doing that till your back to normal. I am sure some other people will put there input. Good luck with them guys they are nice...

[skinz78]

start your clams out down lower in the tank and slowly move them up over a couple of days to a week. You can also shade them with a few layers of window screening and slowly over a pieriod of a couple days remove one layer at a time.