New to clams! Maxima

[btldreef]

Originally Posted by nikeSB
http:///forum/post/3254652
if you're using the same fixture, i say start adding in the lights now because with the increase in par that you'll be doing, add a good bulb every 14 days til you have all bulbs in
+1 ... besides, you need to break in the lights and get the corals used to the new lighting.

 

[nikesb]

yehp even if you get new lights, theyre going to be much stronger than what you have now

 

[daftboy]

As I was target feeding my corals today i bumped into the clams (mantle) ? area..one of the waves (sorry don't know all the part names lol) is now receded the others seem to have come back out is this normal ? Sorry if im so vague..

 

[mell]

My husband would really like me to get a clam for my 125 gallon, of course I would to, but I was wondering if MY lights would be up to the standards also? I've got 2 coralife lunar 36 inch with the standard bulbs that came with it...would these be okay?

 

[spanko]

No mell. Won't support a clam. They need really intense lighting.

 

[mell]

Dang! That's what I told my husband today too. Could I just get better bulbs? Or a whole new fixture? I've got a 55 gallon tall that I've got a 48 inch Marineland T5 HO on...I've been tossing around the idea of getting a new fixture for it because it's loud and it drives me insane. Ideas?

 

[spanko]

Yeah you are going to want to get a good halide fixture with probably 2 150 or 250 watt bulbs. Or a nice TEK 6 x 54 watt T5HO fixture.

 

[mell]

I do have some wild clams that came with my live rock in my 125 that I've had for about 6mo...I'm assuming they're different, right?

 

[spanko]

Yeah those are filter feeding clams probably Turkey Wing Clams.

 

[mell]

Cool, I still like them. They open and shut when I get too close and sometimes wiggle around.