Another Clam Lighting Question

KeyserSoze · 03-15-2006, 12:00 AM

I have a 65G that's been going for 1 1/2 yrs. I would like to get a Clam but am unsure of the lighting I have. I've read that T. Squamosa and T. Derasa can grow under PC lighting. I have 192 watts and would be placing about 12" under lights. Does anyone have experience that would suggest that this would or wouldn't work? Second is I'm leaning towards the Squamosa but have read that they do better with placing on substrate but this would be placed on LR ledge created to get it closer to light. What is the purpose for placing on substrate as opposed to on rock? Thanks Any and all advice welcome!

chris&barb · 03-15-2006, 08:41 AM

you could do ether of those clams with that lighting. just make sure to keep up with bulb replacement.

in the wild Squamosas are found on the reef, i don't know how they ever got lumped into the "sandbed" clam catagory.even Derasa and Gigas are most commonly found in close association with the reef on Hard Calcium Carbonate substrate, not sand. in the wild loose sand is very dynamic, and moves. a clam on the sand wouldn't last very long if its buried in the sand after every storm.

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KeyserSoze Midas Blenny Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 111 View Gallery Karma Komment	Another Clam Lighting Question I have a 65G that's been going for 1 1/2 yrs. I would like to get a Clam but am unsure of the lighting I have. I've read that T. Squamosa and T. Derasa can grow under PC lighting. I have 192 watts and would be placing about 12" under lights. Does anyone have experience that would suggest that this would or wouldn't work? Second is I'm leaning towards the Squamosa but have read that they do better with placing on substrate but this would be placed on LR ledge created to get it closer to light. What is the purpose for placing on substrate as opposed to on rock? Thanks Any and all advice welcome!

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chris&barb Midas Blenny Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Delaware, USA Posts: 87 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Another Clam Lighting Question you could do ether of those clams with that lighting. just make sure to keep up with bulb replacement. in the wild Squamosas are found on the reef, i don't know how they ever got lumped into the "sandbed" clam catagory.even Derasa and Gigas are most commonly found in close association with the reef on Hard Calcium Carbonate substrate, not sand. in the wild loose sand is very dynamic, and moves. a clam on the sand wouldn't last very long if its buried in the sand after every storm. __________________ http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...id=278 941062

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