cycled! Got some zoanthids.

magiccat · 02-01-2006, 01:21 PM

I am so excited. I got a rock of about 15 zoanthids and they are doing great. I also got a bonus sea cucumbe that was stuck to the bottom of the rock. I am doing 1 gallon water changes every wed. So far so good. I want to get mushrooms soon. My question, can I keep a clam in there??

Woodstock · 02-01-2006, 02:02 PM

Congrats on your first corals!!

Some clams get HUGE and some require intense lighting. What size is your aquarium? What type of lights do you have?

magiccat · 02-01-2006, 08:59 PM

24 watt 50/50 It is a 12 G

daveat · 02-05-2006, 04:43 PM

no clam for you, IMO

Charlie97L · 02-09-2006, 03:49 PM

yeah most clams need a MH light... even in a nano.

daveat · 02-10-2006, 11:17 AM

not so much just needs higher wattage 8-10 watts per gallon and not far from lights, i know people that have them in tanks with just PC's but they have 12 watts per gal of pc and they are 6" from water surface.

Charlie97L · 02-10-2006, 12:17 PM

yeah that's true, just make sure if you do that that you get a clam that likes being on rocks vs. the substrate. if you get a substrate one with just PC's and try to put it on a rock it'll keep jumping off, and then not get enough light.

thanks for correcting me, i didn't mean you absolutely had to have MH, that's just the easiest thing to do to keep them. i should have been more precise.

daveat · 02-12-2006, 02:33 PM

yeah my friend made that mistake but found a bowl shaped rock and filled it with sand... hey whatever works right?!?!

02-01-2006, 01:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
magiccat Tunicate Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6 View Gallery Karma Komment	cycled! Got some zoanthids. I am so excited. I got a rock of about 15 zoanthids and they are doing great. I also got a bonus sea cucumbe that was stuck to the bottom of the rock. I am doing 1 gallon water changes every wed. So far so good. I want to get mushrooms soon. My question, can I keep a clam in there??

02-01-2006, 02:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 24,023 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: cycled! Got some zoanthids. Congrats on your first corals!! Some clams get HUGE and some require intense lighting. What size is your aquarium? What type of lights do you have? __________________ ~Doni Marie~ *GOT ICH???* 120 Reef Chronicle ~ *Breeding Picasso Clownfish~* *Massive 300 gal growout~* *My Anemone & Picasso Tank ~* *Picasso & Snowcasso for sale~* "Energy and persistence conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________

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magiccat Tunicate Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: cycled! Got some zoanthids. 24 watt 50/50 It is a 12 G

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Charlie97L Reef Lobster Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: North Bethesda, MD Posts: 1,288 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: cycled! Got some zoanthids. yeah most clams need a MH light... even in a nano. __________________ 40 Breeder, 20H Frag Aquactinics T5s, CPR Fuge, Deltec AP600, AC Jr, WavySea

02-10-2006, 11:17 AM	#6 (permalink)
daveat Sea Pen Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 322 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: cycled! Got some zoanthids. not so much just needs higher wattage 8-10 watts per gallon and not far from lights, i know people that have them in tanks with just PC's but they have 12 watts per gal of pc and they are 6" from water surface.

02-10-2006, 12:17 PM	#7 (permalink)
Charlie97L Reef Lobster Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: North Bethesda, MD Posts: 1,288 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: cycled! Got some zoanthids. yeah that's true, just make sure if you do that that you get a clam that likes being on rocks vs. the substrate. if you get a substrate one with just PC's and try to put it on a rock it'll keep jumping off, and then not get enough light. thanks for correcting me, i didn't mean you absolutely had to have MH, that's just the easiest thing to do to keep them. i should have been more precise. __________________ 40 Breeder, 20H Frag Aquactinics T5s, CPR Fuge, Deltec AP600, AC Jr, WavySea

02-12-2006, 02:33 PM	#8 (permalink)
daveat Sea Pen Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 322 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: cycled! Got some zoanthids. yeah my friend made that mistake but found a bowl shaped rock and filled it with sand... hey whatever works right?!?!

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