That shell does not show any new growth to me. Very nice. Good luck with it.
Lets see those CLAM photos! Clams that you have, had, or even photographed.
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I can see newer growth however it seems the ‘new’ growth has algae growing over it - a clam should always have pretty much a clear white strip just below the mantle.I just picked up my first clam (maxima, yea i know, but its whats more readily available here).
as you can see its a pretty big specimen.
Just after being put in my general coral/invert qt tank. I have added an extra light so i can reach 450 par without cooking all the other corals.
The clam has been sitting in 200ish par at the lfs for 3 months but still shows what to me seems like new growth. I have read people here suggesting you can just blast them but reading Fartherrees book he suggests light acclimating them to higher par so that is what i will do.
Here is two hours or so after placment in the tank
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It definitively has a band of much whiter shell near the top which I attributed to new growth, but it’s difficult to know what it should look like as a first time purchaser.
im currently trying to acclimate it up from a pretty low par (200). If you think it has not grown a lot it could likely be due to this and if so, should I bump up the PAR such that it is not starving?
if so, what do you think i could bump it up to right away?
That sounds amazing I hope to see that set up I want to do something like that!
I took better care of my beautiful Crocea and was rewarded with it coloration return to it’s former glory. Not the best Crocea I had but still beautiful nevertheless.
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I took better care of my beautiful Crocea and was rewarded with it coloration return to it’s former glory. Not the best Crocea I had but still beautiful nevertheless.
Did it pick up the green color?
Yes. The green color faded but return again after I put on intense light. The clam is right under Rarion 4pro max on all Chanel’s for about 9 hrs a day. 1.5 he ramp up and 1.5 hrs slowly go out. Total 12 hrs light. With 9 he full intensity.
light 6 inches above water and the clam is 6 inches or so under the surface.
light 6 inches above water and the clam is 6 inches or so under the surface.
The green fluorescent coloration seem to be the one that require the most light in clams IME. The dark green without fluorescent does not require as much light.
That is NOT an average crocea. Good for you.
I thought my light was low. Kessil a360we 9 inches above the mantle at 100%.
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Nice Noae. I really wanted that one.
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AKA devil clam, where did you find that??
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Nice! I always look at their clam selection when new shipments arrive. I think they had one.. maybe 2 come in last year but they were blue/green if I recall.
edit.. hmm maybe it was 2021?? I am a bad judge of time LOL
That was what I thought. Nice.
