Clam lighting question

sitnlowdown

sitnlowdown

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Hello everyone i have two clams in my 75.One is a 5 or 6 inch crocea and the other is a 1.5 to 2 inch black maxima . They are under dual 175 watt 10k ushio bulbs right now and growing good.But in a few months im going to a 135 with 960 watts of vho. would this be enough for the two clams.I will be running a six bulb vho setup with 2 super attnic, 2 50/50 and 2 sun bulbs im going to have them in a 30 min cycle.witht he 2 attnics coming on first then 30 mins later the 50/50s coming on then 30mins later the 2 daylights coming on. So will this be enough for my two clams to live happy.
Please send me your info on this any would be greatfuly apprecated.
thanks daniel
 
mlm

mlm

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I kept a crocea and a maxima in a 55 with vho for a couple of months. They did not show any groth and the color sucked. When I got my 120 with 2 400 watt MH and 2 actinic Vho they show great color in a couple of weeks and started growing like mad.
 
sitnlowdown

sitnlowdown

Member
Dang man this sucks very bad. lol Because i have 4 ice cap 430 ballast and already have my tank wired up.withy the lights in canopy. Plus the bad thing is im getting married in nov so what ever i do im going to have to do fast. The worst thing of it all is that my tank has an oceanic canopy thats is very very long slung. (one of the reasons i went with vho because of no funds for a chiller) so what to do now err well i guess im back to the drawing board.thats everyone for the post i would like to hear from some others on this also. please as much feed back as possable.
thanks daniel
 
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