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| Tubeworm | I dunno what it is but my clam has a hard time staying open for very long. Right now I have it high up in my tank with T5 lighting on it for 10 hrs. The first couple days it was wide open while it was on the sand. Then it wouldn't open much, so I moved it higher up and put it on LR. There are times when it opens up and times when it is mostly closed. I have watched my fish and I don't see them bothering it too much. Could my water flow be too high? Is my tank too young (2 months). Do diatoms algae annoy it? btw: it is a 2" Ultra Crocea Clam and my parameters are 1.026, amm 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 10-15. |
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| Tubeworm | Re: Sensitive clam ok I just did some reading throughout this site and can answer a couple more questions. It appears that the foot is slightly stringy. My salt mix is Instant Ocean dosed with Purple Up a cap per night so my calcium is in the 450 range. I don't have a test for alk. The clam is responsive to touch and fish movement around it. I do not see any grain sized snails around it. |
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| Tuxedo Urchin | Re: Sensitive clam Your tank is much too young for a clam IMO. Most require pristine water conditions. You need to be testing KH and pH as well.
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| They misunderestimated me ![]() | Re: Sensitive clam Alkalinity is pretty important as well. And while clams are great nitrate feeders, the fact your nitrates are up in the 10-15 range probably indicates the water quality isn't stable enough yet for a clam. Take a look on the site for Ca. and alkalinity articles, whenever dosing one you need to be keeping an eye on the other. It should help you out in the long run.
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| Harlequin Tuskfish | Re: Sensitive clam Stop using the Purple Up as well it is known to cause chemistry problems, if you are using it to jump start coraline gowth, let it take it's natural corse, it will grow just give it time, whenever you try and rush something in your reef you are asking for big problems. |
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| Tubeworm | Re: Sensitive clam Yup Yup and Yup to the above posts. 2" crocea might still be too small to use zooxanthalae and the light doesnt matter. Pobably will need to be spot fed nano plankton in order to survive. New tank/small clam/new aquarist=disaster Sorry if it sounds like Im being tough on you. I was in your shoes a year ago and as a constant reminder of the mistakes I made I keep my first small Maxima clam on my desk now. Still bothers me. Giant Clam Basics Picsbase.com |
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| Wannabe Guru ![]() | Re: Sensitive clam Quote:
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| -CHAUVINIST PIG- | Re: Sensitive clam ![]() BUH HUH HUH HUH HUH HUH HUH HUH HUH HUH HUH HUH HUH HUH HUH HUH HUH HUH HUUH!
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| -CHAUVINIST PIG- | Re: Sensitive clam ![]()
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| Neon dottyback | Re: Sensitive clam HAHAHAHA. dont mind him... he can be a jerk sometimes but he knows his stuff... and for that i give him RESPECT. and he brought back some childhood memories huh huh, huh huh.. FIRE!!! your tank is much to young for the nem. BUT im sure someone can help you keep it alive.. purple up can play havok on your sys. find another calcium additive. try kents tech cb. |
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| Over Achiever | Re: Sensitive clam Quote:
HAHAHA! Don't mind Carl, he has been off his meds. Carl, were talking about a clam in this thread, buddy. ![]() | |
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