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11-25-2005, 12:48 PM
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AYE!AYE! Captain
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1st clam !!
Today i picked up small clam hes about 3 inchs.I read and read about clams and i am thinking i was rdy for one.Well at my lfs he only has one coral tank its 125 long i think.Now his lighting is really poor and only has 1 power head in the tank.I seen the clam i could see nice brown with some purple and blue but it was not open very much talking only maybe 1 cm so i really could not tell what what type it clam is was nor did the lfs ...lol.So i went ahead and got it.When i got home put in the tank it open up all the way(with in 1 min of being in the tank) showing its nice colors.So i am thinking hey must be doing something right i got total of 195 watts 2 actinic and one 10k for my 20 gallon.My question is that is seems kind jumpy when fish swims near it nothing is picking at or really just swim over it etc. Is this normal ? or just take time for it to ajust to the tank.?O and its a Derasa clam.
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11-25-2005, 12:53 PM
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yes that's normal it will calm down some when it get's use to your water.
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Last edited by Casey; 11-26-2005 at 08:37 AM.
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11-25-2005, 01:10 PM
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AYE!AYE! Captain
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Ya kind of funny to watch i see its little mouth coming out and then just closes it up.Now for placement i got near the top sould i put down in the sandbed or just leave it along for now see what happens? lol
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11-25-2005, 01:27 PM
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Leave it alone for now so it can adjust. 
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11-25-2005, 03:09 PM
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can you post a pic? i am sure someone here can identify it for you.
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11-25-2005, 03:16 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
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Don't forget to hand feed it!
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11-25-2005, 04:18 PM
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G in his first post he said Derasa. 
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11-26-2005, 02:43 AM
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Just some guy, you know?
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Derassas are most happy when they are in the sand, be sure it is not shaded though. I have one growing very fast in my 15 gallon with 55W 10K and 55W03 blue. So your lighting sounds great.
The closing responce when a fish is near is a good sign, they will also react quickly to changes in light (like a fish shadowing it, or your hand) if a clam does not react that is when you should worry.
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11-26-2005, 09:33 AM
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dang it. 
you can not put important info like that as the last line in a post.
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11-26-2005, 02:59 PM
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So far so good today its little less jumpy.Hes starting to show more of his mantle and i see his mouth coming out for food.Only thing that bugs me is that his shell was pal white yesterday but today starting to show more of tent to it like greyish.I think he went threw shock coming form the lfs do to his nitrates where like 25 + i heard the shop owner saying somthing about it suprise that the clam or his other corals did not kick the bucket lol.Shop owns a nice guy but clueless.Just wish i had a diff lfs so i could some frags or different corals from lol. I was shocked to see a clam in his tank do to he only keeps mostly easyer corals like star polpys and brown shrooms and zenias.
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11-26-2005, 03:03 PM
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cool glad to hear he's doing better for ya.
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12-03-2005, 03:48 PM
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AYE!AYE! Captain
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Ok this driving me crazy.My clam is doing great in early morning hours it open and look soo cool.But soo fish persay wake up the my yellow tang is picking at.Hes not trying to hurt it more like picking at shell like he is cleaning it.The the clam only opens little bit.Then next morning same steps gos on.I am about to take tang back to lfs or hope stops been going on for about 2 weeks now. Any suggestion? Tang was 20 bucks clam was 60 so if i have to i lose the tang lol dont want to but like clam better lol.
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12-03-2005, 05:32 PM
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Tang out clam in!!! no ???? 
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12-03-2005, 07:30 PM
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AYE!AYE! Captain
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But is this normal for tang to do this? I will net the little bugger this sould be fun but its ok .Hope my lfs will take him back the prob its a mom and pop ran lfs so there little strange lol
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12-03-2005, 08:22 PM
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Some Tangs do some dont you just happened to get one that does ,I have had one before that did I sold him.
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