Easy clam for a newbie clamer ??

[Phantom Phish]

As far as movement goes...

I have a 4.5" squamosa that seems to have rotated. I placed it on my sandbed, oriented perpendicular to the front glass. Over the coarse of about two weeks, it rotated so that it's now parallel to the glass. Don't know if it moved by itself, or if other things moving on the sand bed (cucumber, serpent star) pushed it around.

[Casey]

Phantom mine move all the time,I constantly have my hand in there trying to get them to pose right they are stubborn and wont listen

[Geoff]

what orientation do the clams like best in relation to the current. i just got one and right now it is perp. to the front glass and the current. do they like to orient themselves with the currents?

G~

[Casey]

Geoff you will know trust me they will move in your tank to where they want,dont worry about that just make sure they stay in bright light

[Geoff]

Originally posted by Casey
Geoff you will know trust me they will move in your tank to where they want,dont worry about that just make sure they stay in bright light

thanks Casey!!

it is already starting to tilt and move around. at least they do not move as fast as an anemone.

G~

[Casey]

Yep Geoff my move like crazy I just widh I could keep the still just facing the front for great veiwing

[MontanaRocknReefer]

Hey Paul! T. squamosa are a real good choice for first clam as they do not require as much light as the other ones! Here is my squamosa clam I have had for a couple of months!

[Phantom Phish]

This morning, I reached in my tank and turned my clam 90 degrees so that he was oriented perpendicular to the front glass again. Well, by this evening he had rotated back so that he was parallel to the glass. I guess I got me a stubborn one (maybe its really a she)!

[MontanaRocknReefer]

My clam does that as well! Probably lining up with the current for feeding purposes!! Hard to say! LOL on the she part!

[Prismaco]

Thanks for all of the advise. I may be geting a clam in about a 2-5 weeks. I just need to sit through this little algea problem. My LFS had some clams but they where the Maxima (I think). They where the purple, blues, and green ones. The ones that I can have yet But I dont rememeber seeing any brown ones.

-Paul