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O and i forgot to mention your clam is sweet I like how it looks fat the color is awesome as well.
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I shut off the LED fixture after about 4 hours today. I'm trying to ramp it up slowly, hope I do it right. I actually like the effect it gives in the tank, so I'll try to make it work. Quote:
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Got home today and found my clam top-down on the bottom of the tank (barebottom). Quickly reached in and put him back. I see no signs of injury, and I've heard they close as they fall (if they ever do).
I'm thinking of just placing it on the bottom of the tank now. Upright, that is! |
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04/15/2012, 06:16 AM | #30 |
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np in falling. make sure it does stay upright in bb tank
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ive had a 1-2 inch maxima on the sandbed of a 75 gallon for over a year.....im using t5 retrofit into a canopy (6 bulbs)....i think your fixture is fine
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Clam seems eager for light, down on the glass. LED is spotlighting it, in this picture:
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Lol, now the clam keeps occasionally snapping shut and rolling over on its side - mostly to just a 45 degree angle, fortunately. Makes a disconcerting noise on the glass. If this behavior doesn't stop, I may have to put it back up into the crevice in the rocks where I originally put it the day I brought it home. Not ideal, but I have no other ideas.
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Here's the clam yesterday evening. I am noticing a slightly lighter color that is hard to capture in the photos without overexposing. I also thought I saw another tiny strand of zooxanthellae being released.
It's back up on the rocks, with good mantle extension, but no way to grab with its foot. I cut the LED light (27" away) back down to 4 hours just now, instead of 8. Should I be concerned about bleaching? |
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OK, here here's this clam...
...and he's a bit unhappy because he keeps getting moved around, and just isn't allowed to settle in. Now he's in a spot where he's wedged in a depression in the rocks, and he can't open his shell quite enough to be satisfied with that. What, therefore, does he do? He PUSHES, and slides one whole opposing pile of rock that is sitting on eggcrate on the bottom of the tank. Bad photo, with barrel distortion from the lens, but you can still see that the edge of the eggcrate is no longer parallel to the edge of the tank: I moved (grrrrrr) the clam back down to the bottom, put a piece of rock next to him to make it harder for him to lay on his side, and slid the rock around a little bit (it took a bit of effort). A 5.8 magnitude earthquake couldn't even do what this clam did, lol. |
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moliken, I hope you stop back by...now that the clam has pretty much forced its way down to the bottom, I'm a bit concerned that it won't do well long-term on a surface where it cannot attach (the glass). It has stopped jumping around quite as much, I think. Will lack of attachment be a real problem?
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my clam has never really attched itself where its fixed....maybe thats because its small....dont worry about attaching if its open and looks happy....i freaked out about my clam for a while,but now i realize its one of the hardy pieces in my tank.....i looks sweet and seems healthy so just relax and enjoy
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also it can be placed anywhere in the tank....you have enough lighting dont worry about spot lighting
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your cal,alk,mag levels are more important....keep them stable
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I'm doing pretty well keeping my levels good now, although testing daily is a PITA! Do you have any idea what this is, in the middle of the picture? It seems stationary...has these two antennae... |
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that's an odd thing fr sure. details??
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Sorry to miss your post. I've received suggestions that it's a type of vermetid snail. Seems there are more than one, and they are putting out mucus strands. The "snail" can extend out a bit, or retract completely.
This darn clam is hopping all over the bottom of my tank. It now likes to move closer to the rocks, so that the mantle contacts them and there is increased risk of a hermit failling into it. |
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I would like to know how much you paid for this clam ? Is this giant clam ?
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I don't know enough about clams to tell you if it's considered a giant clam. This one is between 5 and 6 inches long; I have no idea how big they can get. |
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