Tom@HaslettMI's 25 gallon niche reef

[Tom@HaslettMI]

Ok now I'm really confused-lol. Thought Clams needed an established tank? Won't a Maxima get to big for your tank?

I think a lot of the reasoning behind the established tank requirement is so newbies don't throw a clam in a one month old tank. But I will admit that I probably pushed the envelope a bit. However, I did all that I could to ensure the cube was as established as possible.

The cube ran for about a week with a dish of established substrate and rock from the 75 before I added any corals. Then over the course of about two weeks I slowly moved corals over. The clam and fish were the last to get moved.

As for it getting to big... yes when it reaches full maturity at 10" it will be too big. However, they grow much slower than the Squamosa and derasa species I've kept in the past so I'm hopeful that I will have a good 10 years with this one... if all goes well.

Tom

[MizTanks]

I think a lot of the reasoning behind the established tank requirement is so newbies don't throw a clam in a one month old tank. But I will admit that I probably pushed the envelope a bit. However, I did all that I could to ensure the cube was as established as possible.

The cube ran for about a week with a dish of established substrate and rock from the 75 before I added any corals. Then over the course of about two weeks I slowly moved corals over. The clam and fish were the last to get moved.

As for it getting to big... yes when it reaches full maturity at 10" it will be too big. However, they grow much slower than the Squamosa and derasa species I've kept in the past so I'm hopeful that I will have a good 10 years with this one... if all goes well.

Tom

Thanks for answering my questions Tom. Hope I didn't offend

[Tom@HaslettMI]

Thanks for answering my questions Tom. Hope I didn't offend

I appreciate the interest and am happy to answer any (reef related) questions I can. Don't worry about offending... You'd have to break a few forum rules if you wanted to offend me!

Tom

[Tom@HaslettMI]

Slowly moving corals around...



I think both of the larger gorgonians are too big and need to either get fragged or sold as is. What are your thoughts?



Thanks,
Tom