I love my deresa clam!

[ruromastyx1]

just want to see pics of other deresa clams so anyone have a special one?

[Kyuss]

I have an ORA Derasa, not the greatest shot but you get the idea.

[firsthesitation]

Here's the one I got, I dont think its anything special but I like the coloring on it.

[Big D]

I've got 3 very large Derasa's (as well as a Crocea and 2 small Maximas) in my 180gal... here's a FTS, the Derasa's are on the sand bed. One on the left side and two on the right side. The largest one on the right is about a 14 incher.











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[Reeftanker3295]

Big D i love your tank! and nice clams, they are huge!

[Big D]

Thanks ReefTanker... they are getting really BIG. Pretty bad, but the 3 Derasa's actually have names. From right to left it's Hugo, Mongo and then Fred. I've had them for over a year and a half now, but they were pretty big when I got them. Here's a shot of my tank before I lost a bunch of my SPS:











I took a small break after the loses and just let the tank go on auot-pilot pretty much, it really sucked!!!... but now I'm back into it full swing.





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[Big D]

Here's one more recent shot from the right side of the tank... you can see all 3 Derasa's and my large Crocea up on the flat rock right in the middle of the pic:











I'm done now, I promise.



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[Kyuss]

Nice tank D! How did it crash?

[Big D]

Not 100% sure, but I've narrowed it down to a few possibilities.

For one, I had just changed out my sump for one I DIY'd to hold a larger skimmer. The tank I used was a 50gal breeder that I picked up second hand from a fellow reefer. Not sure if maybe it had been previously treated with medications or not, I was told it wasn't...

Another issue was my RKII was having temp issues and I didn't realize it. The indications were showing normal, but found that it was running a lot hotter then it was indicating.

I had also started dosing Tech M mag around this time frame. Not sure if it's related or not, but lets just say I quit using it after I did a little research.

These are things that I can come up with, but chances are there could be something else. After the SPS started to die off, I had a pretty bad algae break out most likely due to the excessive nutrients in the tank. I couldn't hardly bring myself to look at the tank... it was a mess. I pulled a trash bag full of skeletons out of the tank around March, this was about 5-6 months after I started having issues.




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[Kyuss]

aww man that is depressing, I have been there, I almost gave up when I lost a bunch of LPS. Your tank is making a great comeback so keep doing whatever you are doing

[Big D]

Thanks Kyuss...

I know what you mean about almost giving up... it's almost like a piece of you goes with it, I was almost there too.


It took a while for me to get the initiative up to pull out all of the coral skeletons. When I did, thats when I decided I would just going to do it better this time. I've added a lot of SPS since, most of which are LE's... figured if I was going to do it all over again, I'd do it right.


Now I've just got to get everything ready to start my 300gal build.





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[reefcrazydude]

Nice tank D, here is my , same size with your big one

[Big D]

Thanks reefcrazydude, that thing is awesome, except it's not a Derasa... it's a Giga's!!! and from the looks of him, he's HUGE!!!


I have wanted a Gigas for a looooong time, they get incredibly large. If you ever need to get rid of him, definately let me know.



Very, very nice!!!





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[reefcrazydude]

sure D , he get too large for my tank, but i still want to keep him for now, i have a problem with my derasa right now, that purple tang keep niped on him, he just half way or less open, i don't know what to do now..

[zero186]

Big D you are a Reefing god with a tank like that