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All threads are the same length, almost as if they were harvested off of a smooth surface with a razor blade. I would prefer my clams in the rocks and it appears the crocea will stay there if no one knocks it over, but my maxima has been knocked from the spot I want him three times, so I am...

It looks like a stump made of threads with a width of 20 mm that is cut about 5 mm from the base of the clam.

I purchased two new clams (a T. maxima and a T. crocea) both of which unfortunately have had their byssal glands completely severed from whatever they were previously attached to. This may be worded improperly because as I understand it the byssal glands are internal and it extends byssal...

Good pic!

Find out what your electric company charges per kilowatt-hour and then calculate exactly how much it will cost each month to run the wattage on the lights that you desire. If they are decent lights: 400+ watts for eight hour a day or more it will cost you $30-$100+ a month depending on the...

I had peppermint shrimp babies that managed to hide in my tank and grow to nearly one centimeter (Yes, I am sure they were peppermint shrimp and not amphipods, etc.), but a fish or my cleaner shrimp would eventually eat them before they grew any larger than that. They will eat leftover food and...

Certain mushrooms can shoot the white stringy stuff out from their bulbs. Mine always did that when stressed - clowns rubbing on them, some critter knocked them over in the sand and I didn't catch it for a day or two, me moving them somewhere else, etc. They are probably stressed from the new...

What is your alkalinity?

It still looks "healthy" because there does not appear to be any tissue recession or signs of it being picked at by a predator, but it has definitely bleached for some reason. Bleaching can occasionally be explained by abrupt changes in water parameters (usually large swings in salinity...

Mushrooms can act erractically when it comes to expanding and shrinking at times. Sometimes it is an easy answer like too much flow, too much light, recent addition and still acclimating, etc. If yours do not respond by moving them to a lower flow and/or lower light area then I would just let...

My acclimation procedure above was for corals - I still drip acclimate fish and inverts.

It is probably either too much light or too much flow or a combination of the two.

The noisiest things in a reef tank are the overflow, the drain in the sump, and the fans for your lights - it can take a great deal of tweaking to dampen their noise.

Are you sure they are both closed all the time? They will close them periodically. Clams require the same water parameters as SPS: strong light, strong and turbulent flow, pH 8.0-8.4, calcium 400-450 ppm, alkalinity 3.0-4.5 meq/L, magnesium 1200-1400 ppm, nitrates < 10 ppm, phosphates < 0.1...

I used to drip acclimate, but over the past year I temperature acclimate them by floating for 30-60 minutes and then take them out of the bag and expose them to the open air for 10-30 minutes to let them slime up and then put them in. As their slime slowly dissolves away they acclimate...

Any tank will make some noise and it may bother your sleep at first, but after awhile you'll get used to the monotonous sound and won't be able to sleep without it.

Gah! I want an RBTA so bad! They are too expensive online though.

I agree on the carbon: it definitely sounds like some sort of chemical warfare going on.

Good to know Sam, thanks for the clarification.

I don't know for sure, but I vote against the clam foot.