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post #21 of 34
1/20/12 at 8:25am

Along with photosynthesis clams are filter feeders 

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post #22 of 34
1/20/12 at 8:45am
Thread Starter 

Ofcourse, I forgot to add that in there.

 

What do you think though Joe, does it make sense? I hate preaching things that are false so I want to really know about these things before i tell anyone wring information.

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post #23 of 34
1/20/12 at 9:03am

are you talking about clams in the the wild

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post #24 of 34
1/20/12 at 9:38am
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No, about what I wrote earlier about clams requiring less light as they grow bigger.

I want your opinions since you have been doing this far longer then I have.

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post #25 of 34
1/20/12 at 10:30am
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Originally Posted by Siptang View Post

No, about what I wrote earlier about clams requiring less light as they grow bigger.

I want your opinions since you have been doing this far longer then I have.



I think that it is possible that they require less light as they grow larger and reposition themselves in deeper water in the ocean. Reasons may be that they need less energy for growth and in deeper water they may find it easier to supplement their photosynthetic needs with a greater abundance of plankton.

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post #26 of 34
1/20/12 at 11:38am

Here's basically how it works, at least what I've went through in raising/breeding them:

 

Under 1" : PC lighting, the mantle is EXTREMELY fragile

1-2": Can handle a more intense light such as a T5, but again, mantle is still very fragile

2-3": can handle longer periods of intense lighting from a T5, or low levels from halide. Handle is still fragile

3-4": good time to introduce higher intensity lighting such as MH or LED. Caution needed with a good LED fixture, especially if it contains optics which can burn a mantle, especially if the clam is still on the smaller side

4+": bake those bad boys!

 

With larger clams in the home aquarium, you have better luck with "placing them anywhere" so to speak. They can better manage different lighting than a smaller clam can. That being said, a Maxima (which requires more light than a Derasa) will thrive under more intense lighting and will grow quicker.

I have a 7" Maxima right now that has grown much quicker under my LED's with optics and being placed at the top of the tank than it did under my metal halides a year ago.

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post #27 of 34
1/20/12 at 12:36pm
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Good to know!! Thank you so much guys.
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post #28 of 34
2/1/12 at 12:25pm
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Question,

First of all, my parameters are at perfect.

1.024 salinity, 8.3ph and 0 across the board and 460 on calcium and 9 on alk.

My clam has shut itself and won't open. It will occasionally open maybe 1/2 inch then shut itself whenever fish comes by.
So far from my watching and my wife's observation, no fish is nipping on it.

This started to happen last week when my uv pump made a mess in my dt by putting all the crap from my sump.
Should I be worried?
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post #29 of 34
2/1/12 at 1:10pm

Can you see if the intake syphon of the clam is impacted?

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post #30 of 34
2/1/12 at 3:46pm
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Can you see if the intake syphon of the clam is impacted?

Joe, I'm completely lost on what you said.
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post #31 of 34
2/1/12 at 4:02pm

I so wanted to stay out of thisbrickwall.gif

 

BUT....below is a clam.....the larger opening on the left is the INTAKE siphon......the other is the exhalant.......make sure it looks okay

 

 

clam.bmp

 

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post #32 of 34
2/1/12 at 5:21pm
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Lol thanks lois. I cant check though because it won't open enough for me to see it.
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post #33 of 34
2/2/12 at 1:56pm

Richard your clam opened yesterday and it look like it is going to live. Did you find out what my clam is? I don't know if we have same kind because it looks different and different colors.

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post #34 of 34
2/3/12 at 2:01pm
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Honestly I don't know and I will post pics here later today if you send it to me via text.

 

Yes, after 15g water change, my clam did open up a bit but I still can't inspect the mantles and the things that you guys wrote earlier...

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