New clam.... who 'dis?

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[minus9]

It's hard to tell by the pics, but how's the growth? Is there a nice white growth margin? Looks healthy!

 

[SpartaReef]

It's hard to tell by the pics, but how's the growth? Is there a nice white growth margin? Looks healthy!

Yes it's growing. It's been on the same rock this whole time so if you go back and look you'll see the growth. It's easily 2x the size it started.

 

[SpartaReef]

It's hard to tell by the pics, but how's the growth? Is there a nice white growth margin? Looks healthy!

For example, looking back, when it was only an inch and a half long, it barely spanned half the rock it's on... it now covers the rock.

 

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Had to move it... snails and urchins started shifting the rock. Now its secure
And happier
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[BristleWormHater]

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Do you know what par range its in?

 

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Do you know what par range its in?

Nope. Lol. It used to be on bottom of tank. Moved it here to wedge between the bottle and the rock... urchins and snails kept knocking it over

 

[exnisstech]

Do you know what par range its in?

I was going to ask. In the one image the Duncan higher in the tank was open and happy looking and the clam is going to need way more light than a Duncan.
Problem with guessing at light is that you don't really get a warning with clams, they look good then gone. I bought my par meter because I couldn't figure out why I couldn't keep clams longer than a few months and found out I was starving them.
There should be a bright white growth line visible on the shell when the mantle is retracted.

 

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[SpartaReef]

Do you know what par range its in?

I was going to ask. In the one image the Duncan higher in the tank was open and happy looking and the clam is going to need way more light than a Duncan.
Problem with guessing at light is that you don't really get a warning with clams, they look good then gone. I bought my par meter because I couldn't figure out why I couldn't keep clams longer than a few months and found out I was starving them.
There should be a bright white growth line visible on the shell when the mantle is retracted.

There is. You can see how is 2x the size it was when i got it

 

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And it was grown to this size before i moved it up

 

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[minus9]

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Looks like you need to use a scrub brush for the GHA, then pick up some astraea and turbo snails to help clean up. Or just pick up a lot more CUC to keep things clean.