I've been fishing around an idea of creating a perfect tank for viewing wonderful and beautiful Clam's.
Problem- Most reef stores have shallow tanks that are very short in height for SPS's, but with water flowing on the surface like waves. That combo creates a blurry look at corals, clams and even fish. You can buy or make a "acrylic viewing box", but that sucks. So to get away from that, you can turn off the return pump and/or, turn off the power heads. It's difficult to see clams in this matter, as the best viewing is directly overhead, unlike corals.
My thoughts are , these are frag selling tanks, not suited for the home aquarist, unless it's purpose is growing out frags. I want a system that works more like viewing a reef or fowler tank. Any ideas ?
I would like to add small and clam safe, fish, crabs, mushrooms, macro algae's, etc. Any ideas on selection's ?
I have a lot of old school live rock and buckets of BRS's dead white rock.
I haven't decided on tank size, gallons, which lights, skimmer (if needed) sump (if needed) sand type and depth,
Would it be a good idea to start out slow in size of the tank ? I'm setting up a 125g in-wall mixed reef. The fish room in back of it, I have two 29g BioCubes for Q/T's for small fish the second for corals, and a 14g BioCube as a hospital fish tank. If needed, I also have a 40g breeder or three 55g. tank's for larger fish.
I do have a couple of Kessel pendant lights, a 4' length hooded LED setup and a few other's to choose from.
So, give me your thoughts of a great viewing Clam community aquarium ?
Kevin
Problem- Most reef stores have shallow tanks that are very short in height for SPS's, but with water flowing on the surface like waves. That combo creates a blurry look at corals, clams and even fish. You can buy or make a "acrylic viewing box", but that sucks. So to get away from that, you can turn off the return pump and/or, turn off the power heads. It's difficult to see clams in this matter, as the best viewing is directly overhead, unlike corals.
My thoughts are , these are frag selling tanks, not suited for the home aquarist, unless it's purpose is growing out frags. I want a system that works more like viewing a reef or fowler tank. Any ideas ?
I would like to add small and clam safe, fish, crabs, mushrooms, macro algae's, etc. Any ideas on selection's ?
I have a lot of old school live rock and buckets of BRS's dead white rock.
I haven't decided on tank size, gallons, which lights, skimmer (if needed) sump (if needed) sand type and depth,
Would it be a good idea to start out slow in size of the tank ? I'm setting up a 125g in-wall mixed reef. The fish room in back of it, I have two 29g BioCubes for Q/T's for small fish the second for corals, and a 14g BioCube as a hospital fish tank. If needed, I also have a 40g breeder or three 55g. tank's for larger fish.
I do have a couple of Kessel pendant lights, a 4' length hooded LED setup and a few other's to choose from.
So, give me your thoughts of a great viewing Clam community aquarium ?
Kevin