Clam Question

[niko5]

Everyone talks about having very good lighting for clams im curious I have 1 10K white light and 1 Actinic purplish light. Is that enough for a small clam if I put it up high on my live rock close to the light.

[MalHavoc]

Depends on the wattage of the bulbs.

More importantly, clams shouldn't be kept in tanks until that tank is considered mature. Personally, I don't consider a tank mature until it's about a year old.

[niko5]

Both lights are 30 watt

[MalHavoc]

Not nearly enough for clams. I wouldn't suggest clams to anyone who wasn't running MH or VHO lights.

[Bernie]

I bought a clam last night. I have VHOs' and put the little guy on the sand and he has not yet opened this morning. Should I move him up to the rocks?

[reefnovice]

How big is your tank? I would place the clam in the mid section of your tank.

[Bernie]

My tank is a 135. From what I had read previously, clams like the sand and not the rocks?

how do you get them to stay on the rock?

[anathema]

Where you place your calm depends a lot on the type of clam. There is a lot of info in the clam forum on RC, scroll down in the nav box.

HTH and good luck.

[DgenR8]

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