SPS and clam with T5?

[wharyat]

Originally Posted by SoK

... I'll try to find something for him tonight... How to I go about getting him detached?

I was told to feel around under him which would scare him into retracting a good bit of his foot. From there, just take a razer blade and slide it under the foot to remove him. Is that right?

Sounded a lil damaging when the guy that sold it to me told me that, so i figured i'd ask

Yes, cutting the threads is the way to remove them. The process is can be dangerous, but cutting the threads is harmless to the clam.

Obviously you need to be very careful. Make sure you "surprise" the clam and grab it before is sucks down to the rock. If it sucks down before you can gently wedge something between the shell and the rock, do not try to force them up, wait a while until it relaxes a bit. If they are attached in a bowl shaped depression, you pretty much don't have a chance of removing them, there is no safe way to get underneath the clam.

When I need to move on of mine, I use a 6" paring knife as it is much easier to maneuver and make sure you only cut the threads. You want to hold the knife or razor blade against the rock it's attached to and basically scrape the threads off.

[Salty O'Shen]

Originally Posted by Jnicho

tusing a small piece of rock will allow you to move the clam and the rock together if you need/want to relocate it.

sometimes things so obvious once you hear them come from another person...the one i have now is stuck because he's in a bowl shaped depression, but this is good to know for the many future clams for my tank.

[scoop]

Another way to remove it would be pointing a powerhead directly on the base. sometimes this will get them to let go. One other thing I've read, but haven't tried, is to use an ice cube - put it against the foot/threads and it will release to get away from the cold. Your lighting is fine for anything you want to grow, but better bulbs is a good recommendation. I have the Tek 6 x 54 over my 75 and I have a clam and about 30 sps frags all growing great. The clam has over doubled in size in under a year. The Tek light also has a large piece bent/molded to appear like individual reflectors and the par readings are excellent on the Tek.