Clam Questions

[racefan]

I have a couple of questions before I decide on if I can have a clam or not.
A little tank info first. It's a 40B with T5's. While the tank & sand are only a couple months old, the rock & livestock are 4 years old(switched tanks from a sumpless 45 to the 40B & added a 20 gal sump) Now on to the my questions. 1: Is T5 lighting in a 40B enough? (2: With the new tank & sand would it be considered "seasoned" enough to support a clam? all other corals are doing fine(a few sps,softies,2 nems) I'm dosing BRS 2 part & have gotten ca/alk/mg levels stable.I'm dosing through my ATO water.

 

[GeoHawk]

I kept a clam under PC lighting for a few years and it did fine, so I am sure your lighting should be fine, as for everything else I am not sure.

 

[skinz78]

Your lighting should be fine as long as you have individual reflectors on your bulbs. I would say if your SPS are doing fine you should be fine with adding a clam.

 

[swordfight]

You could keep the following clams under certain conditions;

Hippopus - PC,T5 or better
Squamosa - PC,T5 or better
Derasa - PC, T5 or better
Crocea - PC or better
Maxima - T5HO, MH LED or Better
Gigantea - T5 or better

This is just through my experience, sure you can keep them all under a PC, but you'd need a lot of output, and the main question is will you be able to maintain their color?

Hope this helps, good luck!

 

[dmorazan]

lighting is key for clams and everything else they like ,like nitrates, calium and more. need to check every thing before you get one.