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Joe Pusdesris
09/20/2009, 06:35 PM
What causes a clam to have a dull coloration? Mostly brown/purple? I just purchased this maxima today and I was wondering if it will blue up with time.
cakemanPA
09/20/2009, 07:00 PM
Were you looking down on the clam or straight at it through the glass. My Crocea looks brownish/purple until you look down on it from top. Then the blues pop.
Joe Pusdesris
09/26/2009, 06:30 PM
Hm, I read somewhere that they will color up when under proper lighting. So I hope that's it.
moliken
09/27/2009, 05:29 AM
what is yr lighting? they will also color up when they're used to the spot.
fatboyz
09/27/2009, 10:39 PM
I had a problem in my tank a while back that caused my clams to "brown out" Once i fixed the problem their colors slowly came back over a month or two. Some clams are just purple/brown and they'll never color up IME.
Day With 2 Suns
09/28/2009, 10:06 AM
Whats exactly was your problem that causes the colors to fade??
fatboyz
09/29/2009, 03:55 PM
Whats exactly was your problem that causes the colors to fade??

The drip on my calcium reactor stopped and the corals and clams started to look bad. When I checked the alk it was below 6 dkh, but I didn't lose any of my clams.