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Old 12/24/2007, 03:40 PM
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How to properly acclimate a clam?

I looked through the forum, didnt see much info. So what is the correct way to do it?

If it is SHIPPED to you, not from the LFS. Also in regards to light acclimation.
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Old 12/24/2007, 05:06 PM
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First start off by turning off all of your lighting. Float it in the bag for 15-20 min. Then I take the clam in the bag if the bag is big enough hold at least 1 litre of water and if it isn't I dump the clam and all the water into a big plastic cup. I then place it and bag/cup in a 5 gallon bucket. Then I have a 1/4" airline hose that is about 3-4 feet long. On one end of the hose I have tied a knot in it to restrict flow to a very slow drip. Place the hose into your tank and start a slow siphon into the bag or cup the clam is in. I then forget about the operation for about an hour letting the container overflow into the 5 gallon bucket. When the bag or cup is starting to float in the bucket I check the water temp and compare it to my tank temp. Sometimes refloating is nesisary because the container water cools off again. Once I am sure the clam has been very slowly acclimated to the tank water temp and paramaters I add it to the tank on the sand bottom.

After the clam has been in the tank for about an hour I slowly start to turn my lights on again. Leave the clam on the sand for a few days and when you place it there put something small and flat burried in the sand under it. The clam will attach to it. This step makes it easy to move the clam from spot to spot on your rockwork later. After the clam has been there for a few days and it is one of the more light loveing clams IE Crocea or maxima. I slowly start moveing it up on to the rockwork.

If it is a squamosa giga's or derasa and I like it to be on the sand, if the clam hasent moved from where I placed it to begin with I just leave it alone. If it does move IE from side to side or turns I know it wants to be elsewhere and I move it to another spot until it sits in one space. The same go's for clams up on the rocks, if they move themselves I don't put them back to the same spot. They are moveing for a reason.

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That should fix it everything right???
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Old 12/24/2007, 05:59 PM
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Thanks a lot!

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Old 01/03/2008, 01:59 AM
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Good read thank you Chris
 

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