Let's see some clams!

[Frankie]

Sweet Mark!

 

[Coraljunkie]

 

[Coraljunkie]

 

[Frankie]

Awesome!

 

[sirrealism]

Very nice clams. Here is some of mine
Sorry for the crappy cell pics. 2 squamys 13"+ 1 crocea 6" 2 maxima 1 7" the other is 4"

 

[Coraljunkie]

They look great! What do you do to keep them so healthy? Do you dose phytoplankton? Amino acids?

 

[sirrealism]

To be honest. Nothing!!! Clean water and good lighting. No feeding at all. Once they are over 1-2" they dont need it and I dont need any more waste in the water. These are all in a 93 cube. Now I do go through some alk and cal. I make my own and go through 1 gal of alk per week and 1 gal of cal every 3 weeks. I need to up my doser because the 7' maxima is new and my other clams have grown. I tested last night and my cal was down under 300 so time to bump it up. alk was ok but a little lower then I keep it

 

[Coraljunkie]

I got my clam on Saturday, it still hasn't open all the way,in the picture is the most it opens... my alk is at 8 my cal is at 450. How do you make your own alk? What would you recommend to dose to keep levels where they should be?

 

[sirrealism]

Oh boy LOL Ok here is the link. http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2004/4/chemistry
I buy the very large boxes of baking soda. I tell ya what I will make a thread on DIY cal and alk if there is not one here already. I was planing on doing this before so i took a bunch of pics so I could make a thread. Let me search it first

 

[Coraljunkie]

Great! Thank you so much

 

[sirrealism]

I made a DIY post. Check it out

 

[Frankie]

Stellar clams ! What a mammoth!

 

[SantaMonicaHelp]

I love this one!
- Sandra

 

[Frankie]

That is cool. The black sand makes a great difference.

 

[Wrangy]

I don't think I've posted my clams here (I have everywhere else though )
My beautiful maxima, who's been with more for over a year now and has grown heaps!


And the newest addition to the family, a beautiful little t. crocea who I searched long and hard for!

 

[Frankie]

Stellar!

 

[Coraljunkie]

Wrangy, those look great! I wish I could get mine to open that much

 

[Wrangy]

Wrangy, those look great! I wish I could get mine to open that much

The key is stability, nice bright lights and enough love to kill a person I adore my clams so everything is pretty much done for them haha nothing that would annoy them is done in the tank