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10/03/2014, 07:39 PM
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Possible Clam? Can anyone identify?
I recently purchased this zoa colony from my LFS and discovered these 2 hidden gems on it. They both open and close and my only guess could be: one is a mussel and the other is a clam. Im still rather new with this hobby, about 5 months in, and would appreciate any help given. Thanks!
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10/04/2014, 04:55 AM
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Some sort of bivalve. They are interesting and wont do anything bad to the tank. Good score.
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10/04/2014, 09:44 AM
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Awesome! thanks. Is there any sort of special care I would need to do to keep them alive?
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10/04/2014, 01:20 PM
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Yes. Use kalk. Go up to Getting Started sticky, and read the chapter called Dirt-Simple Chemistry. You can use kalk powder in your topoff to give the bivalves the calcium they need to survive, which can exceed what's in your salt mix. Keep your chemistry where my sig line suggests it, and use kalk. That regime would also let you have stony coral---the only caution being that not all stony gets along with zoas well unless you run carbon (not too bad an idea) and keep 6" between stonies and your zoas (some stonies reach out to touch their neighbors at night.)
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