My clam garden.....
- Thread starter Maxx
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someday when I grow up and get some real lighting I'll try them 
Brucey
Well-Known Member
maxx ..... took your advice my friend. Clive now as a new home. He's been closed all evening and immediatly opened up slightly (see photo) to look at his new surroundings after I moved him. It also looks like his mantle has been nipped at (Yes I have angels and I suspect my Bi-colour, although I have to say I have never seen it). You can see where his mantle has been nipped at, or could something else be doing this. Anyway I hit on a cunning plan and placed him in slightly lower light near Clarky the clown's lair. NO-ONE IS ALLOWED NEAR !!!!!. Clarky isn't at all interested in him so hopefully if he is getting bothered, he can get some restbite.
Brucey
Brucey
Brucey,
At 1.5 inches, you will need to feed him. They need to be fed phydo and rotifiers (if available) until they are at least 2". I personally feed until they are about 3". Then they are on their own.
It is a tough fact of life, but small clams do not have enough zooanthelle in their mantle to survive over the long term - no matter what amount of light you give them. They will eventually use their energy stores and perish. I feed mine every day to every other day. I place my small ones in the bottom of a cut off water bottle. Turn off the pumps, and "fill" the container with phydo from a syringe, until the water has a green tint. In about 30 minutes, the water is clear and I turn the pumps back on. I don't like the process of removing the clam, placing them in a bowl, feeding, and then placing back in the tank.. Seems too stressful for the clam to go through this everyday.
At 1.5 inches, you will need to feed him. They need to be fed phydo and rotifiers (if available) until they are at least 2". I personally feed until they are about 3". Then they are on their own.
It is a tough fact of life, but small clams do not have enough zooanthelle in their mantle to survive over the long term - no matter what amount of light you give them. They will eventually use their energy stores and perish. I feed mine every day to every other day. I place my small ones in the bottom of a cut off water bottle. Turn off the pumps, and "fill" the container with phydo from a syringe, until the water has a green tint. In about 30 minutes, the water is clear and I turn the pumps back on. I don't like the process of removing the clam, placing them in a bowl, feeding, and then placing back in the tank.. Seems too stressful for the clam to go through this everyday.
Curtswearing
Active Member
Lance,
Welcome to Reef Sanctuary!!!
Welcome to Reef Sanctuary!!!
Sure - Not a problem.. I will post a couple.. The single clam, is a Maxima that I have had for a while. It went through the "water bottle" process, until he outgrew it. It is now about 3". The second pic (or however they come out) is of a 5" Crocea and the 1.25" clam in the water bottle. When I feed the 1.25" - I use about 2 to 3 ml of PhycoPure. It is a variant of DT's that is grown and sold here locally.
