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Old 11/16/2007, 10:59 AM
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placement for a deresa clam?

hey everyone, i bought a deresa clam from clamsdirect last week and got it thursday, so far its on my sandbed. is this okay for it? do they do better on sand or rocks? i think it would be about 20 inches from my lighting which is a 250w mh with 2 65w PCs. i keep a maxima and crocea on the top that love it, and have the small maxima on a plug on the sand since i dont have room for for it on my rocks

hes bigger than i thought, i was expecting something 3" but hes really big. i have a maxima that was sold to me as 3 1/4" and the deresa is way bigger


tia
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Old 11/16/2007, 11:05 AM
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they like to be on the sandbed
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Old 11/16/2007, 12:12 PM
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Mine has been on the sand bed for 1.5 years now under T5 lighting and is happy as a clam:

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Old 11/16/2007, 01:57 PM
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thanks to both of you! just wanted to make sure
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Old 11/16/2007, 05:38 PM
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but .......................................


where are the pictures?


and mike do you have a top down picture of yours? , do you have a lot of flow?
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Old 11/16/2007, 06:08 PM
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pictures of what? my clam?
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Old 11/16/2007, 06:59 PM
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heres the pic from clamsdirect that i bought, i dont have a digital camera so i wouldnt be able to show you much

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Old 11/16/2007, 08:18 PM
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wow, nice defined folds with a crazy mantle. so how big is she really??
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Old 11/16/2007, 08:35 PM
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bigger than i thought. the details said it was 3 1/8" so i thought it would be similar to my maxima that was around 3 1/4" but it turned out to be bigger.

here's a picture with just actinics on after the main light shut off. the maxima is on a plug infront of the deresa and you can tell its bigger

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Old 11/19/2007, 03:39 PM
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and mike do you have a top down picture of yours? , do you have a lot of flow?
No I don't have any top down pictures but that is a good idea. I'll have to try and take one.

I have pretty good flow in my 150. I have about 3600 GPH turnover in my tank.
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