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I don’t think I have 350+ par on this clam, my LPS wouldn’t like it. Yes I have a par meter, not 350 on bottom of tank. Messily 500x is dialed down, it’s a 34g tank.
 

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Any NPS clam owners out there? Here are some of my Quahogs (Mercenaria mercenaria) which are receiving phytoplankton daily. Quahogs are found in both coldwater and tropical environments:
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They can actually burrow away rather quickly; these photos were taken within a second of one another:
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The clam’s burrowing foot (white disk) is on the left and the siphon is on the right:
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Clam Chowder, Yum!
Mercenaria mercenaria seems to be a preferred species for clam chowder… my clams have now taken offense to your comment ;).
 
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I don’t think I have 350+ par on this clam, my LPS wouldn’t like it. Yes I have a par meter, not 350 on bottom of tank. Messily 500x is dialed down, it’s a 34g tank.
Supposed to be Kessil, phone did it’s own thing.
 

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I actually have a variety of NPS oysters (Spondylus spp. I think) and a few others that hitchhiked on the live rock and on the shells of my maximas. They’ve grown a ton, since I feed a lot of liquid food to the tank.
 

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