simple question on clams

SiNiStEr NaTiOn · 10-23-2009, 03:41 PM

For either a 75 or 90 tank with 8x54w T5 lights. what type of clams would I be able to keep under this lighting. I probably won't buy a clam unitl after 6months to a year once this tank is running not counting the time it might take to cycle the tank.

kilted celt · 10-23-2009, 04:27 PM

I run Mh so I can't speak to your lighting set up, but I do have a Squamosa clam, which I understand is one of the most forgiving when it comes to light requirements.

SiNiStEr NaTiOn · 10-24-2009, 09:35 PM

I been researching on clams, I hope i bookmark the site I was at last night, because in the description if the clam is best to use under MH it said. But another site i was checking out the different clams it never had once said T5 just pc and mh and off and on vho's.

Wouldn't T5 HO be above power compact and below T12 VHO's. because I know that MH's is above T12 VHO's.

cheeks69 · 10-24-2009, 10:21 PM

Is the T5 setup a hood or a retro kit ? Do they have individual reflectors ? Which ballast are you using with this light setup ?

WayneT · 10-24-2009, 10:30 PM

Are these T-5's or T-5HO's I would think the HO varitity would work for you.

jnohs · 10-25-2009, 10:04 AM

I have 6 t5 ho on my 75 gallon. with 1 reflector every 2 bulbs for a total of 3 reflectors. I have a dressa clam and it has done perfect in my tank.

jnohs · 10-25-2009, 10:05 AM

Frankie · 10-25-2009, 10:10 AM

I feel pretty comfortable saying you can grow just about anything under 8x54w T5's over a 90.
However, bulb selection and ballast's are going to play a major roll in how successful you will be in thriving vs surviving.

BigJay · 10-25-2009, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Frankie

I feel pretty comfortable saying you can grow just about anything under 8x54w T5's over a 90.
However, bulb selection and ballast's are going to play a major roll in how successful you will be in thriving vs surviving.

Thats everything in a nutshell.

Clownfish518 · 10-25-2009, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frankie

I feel pretty comfortable saying you can grow just about anything under 8x54w T5's over a 90.
However, bulb selection and ballast's are going to play a major roll in how successful you will be in thriving vs surviving.

With 8x54w bulbs, you are approaching the energy consumption of 2x250w MH, and the costs are not as much a factor.

SiNiStEr NaTiOn · 10-26-2009, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Clownfish518

With 8x54w bulbs, you are approaching the energy consumption of 2x250w MH, and the costs are not as much a factor.

Your right Clownfish. For some reason the total watts on the fixture I'm planning on buying. With that fixture afterall we are talking about 432 watts total. So I guess, my question on what type of clams I can keep under this light kinda pretty much answer itself. DOH!!!!!!!!!

10-23-2009, 03:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
SiNiStEr NaTiOn Cabbage Leather Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 375 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	simple question on clams For either a 75 or 90 tank with 8x54w T5 lights. what type of clams would I be able to keep under this lighting. I probably won't buy a clam unitl after 6months to a year once this tank is running not counting the time it might take to cycle the tank. __________________ Bobby I will now slowly start working on my 75 reef tank w/ a 55 sump/fuge. buying what I need for this project, it might take me couple of years before this one is up and running. (hope it will take less than 2 years to get everything. I'm actually shooting before january 2011. ) Here's a link to what I have going on right now. Sinister Reef Extremely Slow 75g Reef Build my DIY plans for a stand 55 gallon sump/fuge work in progress

10-23-2009, 04:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
kilted celt Bryozoan Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 48 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: simple question on clams I run Mh so I can't speak to your lighting set up, but I do have a Squamosa clam, which I understand is one of the most forgiving when it comes to light requirements. __________________ 75g reef: 1 blue tang 2 clowns 1 bubble tip 1 diamond goby frogspawn coral hammer corals candy cane coral bubble coral Squamosa clam shrooms & polyps

10-24-2009, 09:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
SiNiStEr NaTiOn Cabbage Leather Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 375 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: simple question on clams I been researching on clams, I hope i bookmark the site I was at last night, because in the description if the clam is best to use under MH it said. But another site i was checking out the different clams it never had once said T5 just pc and mh and off and on vho's. Wouldn't T5 HO be above power compact and below T12 VHO's. because I know that MH's is above T12 VHO's. __________________ Bobby I will now slowly start working on my 75 reef tank w/ a 55 sump/fuge. buying what I need for this project, it might take me couple of years before this one is up and running. (hope it will take less than 2 years to get everything. I'm actually shooting before january 2011. ) Here's a link to what I have going on right now. Sinister Reef Extremely Slow 75g Reef Build my DIY plans for a stand 55 gallon sump/fuge work in progress

10-24-2009, 10:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
cheeks69 Wannabe Guru Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Northeast Posts: 7,386 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: simple question on clams Is the T5 setup a hood or a retro kit ? Do they have individual reflectors ? Which ballast are you using with this light setup ? __________________ Robert My Cube “A spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe—a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.” Albert Einstein

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