Clam Lighting For 20L Gal

[Clownfish11790]

I have a 20L gallon with an Orbit Compact fixture.
2x65 watt bulbs. One actintic and one daylight. It would be about a foot from the light. Would it survive?

[isseym328]

depends on what type of clam and what size. Normally however clams should be placed under MH. Your clam, if it survives might brown out or lose color. I have had a 2-3 inch maxima under 110pc lighting and while it survived it never grew.

[The steven liu]

The clam will be ok if you suppliment with phyto. It's not the light but more the size of your tank I concern. It's much harder to keep a stable environment with a tank as small as yours, so best of luck

[tigerarmy40]

yup! I would go with one of the slower growing clams so you can keep up with magnesium, ca, alk......

[mbbuna]

i would suggest that you wait until you have a larger tank and stronger light. even the so called "low light clams" get more then 70% of there food from light , so no matter how much you feed the clam the lighting wont be up to par. also trying to keep a clam happy by adding a lot of phyto in a tank of that size just wouldn't work. the "slower growing clams" are also the most light demanding clams, getting 90 to 100% of all there food needs from light.

[Clownfish11790]

Ok thank you guys. I will not be adding any clams....Maybe once I get a bigger tank in the future. Thank you all!

[capefear]

i think you have more then enough light,i started a 30 clam only tank a few months ago and i am using the lunar coralife power compacts 192 watts, and my clams love it even the crocea's and the maximas i have on the sand bed...good luck