help with maxima clam
I have a small maxima clam about 2" in length maybe a little longer and lately it hasn't opened at all, sometimes it looks like it wants to but then closes right back up. another thing I noticed was some of the cleanup crew such as hermits and nassarius snails paying extra attention to the clam as if they were trying to get to it somehow. another thing to add would be that my other clam a derasa is perfectly fine. any help or ideas as to what could be the problem would be appreciated.
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from what ive seen a derasa can live in a stagnant pool lol. but your maxima is smaller which is one possible reason is it might not be able to get enough food from filtering as clams only go mostly photosynthetic around 3-4" in length and the smaller clams usually will not make it very long without a proper environment.
wouldnt other things be affected as well if parameters were an issue?, I haven't done anything new
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I was told to feed the smaller ones phytoplankton which is what I have been doing for months
It takes a long long time to build a coral reef. Step by step the reefs survive on partnerships. And the most important partners are you and I.
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ya i told you to feed it phyto but the question is, are you feeding it enough to where the clam can support itself?
well I changed up the lighting a week and a half ago, it was fine up until yesterday..I dont dose...I feed it every 2-3 days i tried today and didnt get any response from it
It takes a long long time to build a coral reef. Step by step the reefs survive on partnerships. And the most important partners are you and I.
no, no dosing all I run is GFO, I just do a standard lighting cycle i have the lights come on a 2pm and gradually get brighter over a few hours then starts getting darker again at 10pm, thunderstorms I have happen occasionally
It takes a long long time to build a coral reef. Step by step the reefs survive on partnerships. And the most important partners are you and I.
the last thunderstorm that I recall seeing was about 3 days ago its on 25% chance daily, i started running the GFO 2 weeks ago and I just changed it...lights run the brightest at 50% for about 8 hours a day
It takes a long long time to build a coral reef. Step by step the reefs survive on partnerships. And the most important partners are you and I.
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tom, ya the tridacnids depend on light more as an adult but as smaller juvenile clams such as the "micronesia" clams otherwise just being baby tridacnids they rely more on filtering than they do light. and clams dont really reach that point until about 3-4".
I changed the GFO a few days ago, the lights run 24-7 I just have them very very dim at night
It takes a long long time to build a coral reef. Step by step the reefs survive on partnerships. And the most important partners are you and I.
all the lights are on a very low setting like 10%
It takes a long long time to build a coral reef. Step by step the reefs survive on partnerships. And the most important partners are you and I.
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