newkie
01/03/2002, 05:29 PM
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Hi, I've had this T.Maxima for about 2 months. Initially I tried to place it in the rockwork but it kept jumping so finally I left it on the sand. Its semi-buried and tilted a bit towards the glass. The clam is about 18" below a 250W MH (dual), supplemented by 4VHOs.
I have a few of questions:
1) Based on the attached picture do you think the clam is expanding enough? A friend of mine thought that it wasn't opened enough.
2) Should I try to attatch the clam to a piece of small rock even if I leave it in the sand or is it safe for the bysal gland to be exposed?
3) Can the clam be semi-buried as long as one side is unobstructed or should he be resting fully on top of the sand? FWIW he was originally in an indentation left by a removed rock and has only been buried by the natural shifting of sand in the current (not me packing him in).
Thanks for the help!
Hi, I've had this T.Maxima for about 2 months. Initially I tried to place it in the rockwork but it kept jumping so finally I left it on the sand. Its semi-buried and tilted a bit towards the glass. The clam is about 18" below a 250W MH (dual), supplemented by 4VHOs.
I have a few of questions:
1) Based on the attached picture do you think the clam is expanding enough? A friend of mine thought that it wasn't opened enough.
2) Should I try to attatch the clam to a piece of small rock even if I leave it in the sand or is it safe for the bysal gland to be exposed?
3) Can the clam be semi-buried as long as one side is unobstructed or should he be resting fully on top of the sand? FWIW he was originally in an indentation left by a removed rock and has only been buried by the natural shifting of sand in the current (not me packing him in).
Thanks for the help!