I want a clam

Maika'i · 09/08/2007, 06:39 PM

I have a 12 gallon nano , 32 watt PC's, 20 pounds live sand 10 pounds live, no corals yet. Is there any kind of clam I can get?

skeeter-doc · 09/08/2007, 07:08 PM

well the lower light clams, (derasa, squamosa) get big, and they get big fast! I would suggest against it!

Maika'i · 09/08/2007, 07:12 PM

really? Maybe I can just sell it back when it gets big

Maika'i · 09/08/2007, 09:51 PM

so is it possible to have a clam with those lights at all?

Hormigaquatica · 09/08/2007, 09:53 PM

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Originally posted by Maika'i
so is it possible to have a clam with those lights at all?

I would say no. You might get away with it for a short time, but I think even those relatively lower light clams (which still require high light) would eventually start to shift their colors and recede.

da1jewfish · 09/08/2007, 10:01 PM

little neck clams... they don't get big and require no lighting. they are part of the cleanup crew. but they are not colorful in any way shape or form

Maika'i · 09/08/2007, 10:13 PM

dang. what could i put in those lights? any lps, softies, or, zoas or mushrooms?

ScubaDiver93 · 09/08/2007, 10:18 PM

i would say zoas and shrooms and possibly some lps. i have pc's and i got some shrooms and zoas and possibly startin the lps tomorrow if my dad lets me buy them. fingers crossed but thats all i got 4 u.

lancelogaglio · 09/08/2007, 11:51 PM

with tagret feeding may last for a while but will eventually decline

justinl · 09/09/2007, 12:34 AM

any softy corals like shrooms or zoas would be fine. for lps, you have to be careful. some need more light than others, some are happier with being fed mostly. do your research, stay away from the more light needy ones, stick witht he hardiest ones. Im a fan of the duncans myself. sps, pretty much a no go.

at any rate, for the first coral buy, get a softy. not lps, certainly not sps. you get the softy first just as coral practice. be patient, especially with a nano. stick to adding only one or two coral colonies at a time. massive implse buys can often crash a tank and cause other short and long term problems.

mile sq. reefer · 09/09/2007, 09:26 AM

doable with a 14k 70w HQI but not with current set up.

09/08/2007, 06:39 PM	#1
Maika'i Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 217	I want a clam I have a 12 gallon nano , 32 watt PC's, 20 pounds live sand 10 pounds live, no corals yet. Is there any kind of clam I can get?

09/08/2007, 07:08 PM	#2
skeeter-doc Moved On Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: TX Posts: 1,643	well the lower light clams, (derasa, squamosa) get big, and they get big fast! I would suggest against it!

09/08/2007, 07:12 PM	#3
Maika'i Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 217	really? Maybe I can just sell it back when it gets big

09/08/2007, 09:51 PM	#4
Maika'i Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 217	so is it possible to have a clam with those lights at all?

09/08/2007, 10:01 PM	#6
da1jewfish Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: West Palm, FL Posts: 990	little neck clams... they don't get big and require no lighting. they are part of the cleanup crew. but they are not colorful in any way shape or form

09/08/2007, 10:13 PM	#7
Maika'i Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 217	dang. what could i put in those lights? any lps, softies, or, zoas or mushrooms?

09/08/2007, 10:18 PM	#8
ScubaDiver93 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Los Angles, CA Posts: 566	i would say zoas and shrooms and possibly some lps. i have pc's and i got some shrooms and zoas and possibly startin the lps tomorrow if my dad lets me buy them. fingers crossed but thats all i got 4 u.

09/08/2007, 11:51 PM	#9
lancelogaglio Moved On Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: new port richey Posts: 51	with tagret feeding may last for a while but will eventually decline

09/09/2007, 12:34 AM	#10
justinl Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,118	any softy corals like shrooms or zoas would be fine. for lps, you have to be careful. some need more light than others, some are happier with being fed mostly. do your research, stay away from the more light needy ones, stick witht he hardiest ones. Im a fan of the duncans myself. sps, pretty much a no go. at any rate, for the first coral buy, get a softy. not lps, certainly not sps. you get the softy first just as coral practice. be patient, especially with a nano. stick to adding only one or two coral colonies at a time. massive implse buys can often crash a tank and cause other short and long term problems.

09/09/2007, 09:26 AM	#11
mile sq. reefer Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: NJ Posts: 2,045	doable with a 14k 70w HQI but not with current set up.