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10-17-2003, 08:27 PM
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Blacktip Shark
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Middleburg, VA
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Let there be enough light!
I have a 2 1/2" maxima that I love so much and I think I'm becoming a clam addict! (Hey Casey I'm joining the crowd  ) I'm worried about lights though. I have a 120 gallon (60"x"18"x24"deep, I wish I had gotten a wider tank with less depth.) with 2 96watt 20,000 k actinic, 2 96 watt 20,000 k full spectrum, 2 175watt 20,000 k metal halides. It is a 3 inch sand bed ( I wish I had joined TRT sooner and I wouldn't have a dsb!  Casey, your change from dsb to barebottom is inspiring me a little bit.) I really like having the clam on the sandbed. Is this enough light or not?
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10-17-2003, 08:33 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida Panhandle
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Cool glad to have ya in the club I think with a 24 in deep tank you really need the 250 watters or even 400 the 175s par is weak
at best,I have had better color with the 250 watters clams just love light and now that I have a bare bottom I have no more snail problems  
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10-17-2003, 08:50 PM
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Blacktip Shark
Join Date: Aug 2003
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Well shoot, I'm not sure that I can upgrade them. I thought that I had gotten 250s originally but it turns out I didn't  . Can you simply buy 250s and put them in the place of 175s or will the ballast not be able to handle it. I have a built in hood from Marine Depot. Will the other full spectrums and actintics not help at all.?Should I move him up to halfway on the rocks? Glad to hear about the snail problem dissaperance although I'm slightly bummed that my system isn't ideal for clams, which I've grown to like a ton!
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Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want
He who fears the thorn, should never crave the rose.
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Forecast for tonight: dark, continued dark overnight, widely scattered light by morning
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10-17-2003, 08:55 PM
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no you need a 250 watt ballast I would move the clams up some to get more light,the other lights will help a little but MHS are awesome I have tried them all.You can always upgrade the ballast later when you get some more $$$
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10-18-2003, 11:27 AM
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Blacktip Shark
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Shoot, It might be a year or so till I can upgrade them, I'm kinda dissappointed. But thanks for the advice! Could Squamosa do okay under these conditions? What photoperiod are your metal halides on?
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Austin
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want
He who fears the thorn, should never crave the rose.
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Forecast for tonight: dark, continued dark overnight, widely scattered light by morning
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10-18-2003, 04:45 PM
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yes it would probably be fine my halides come on at 11:00 and go off at 9:00 pm 
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10-18-2003, 07:03 PM
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Blacktip Shark
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I've had mine from 3 to 8 because of the algae attack! When it begins to go away I'll increase it! SOund like a plan?
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Austin
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want
He who fears the thorn, should never crave the rose.
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Forecast for tonight: dark, continued dark overnight, widely scattered light by morning
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10-18-2003, 08:20 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Reefdude5
I've had mine from 3 to 8 because of the algae attack! When it begins to go away I'll increase it! SOund like a plan?
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Yep thats fine
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10-18-2003, 09:34 PM
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Blacktip Shark
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Kool!!!
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Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want
He who fears the thorn, should never crave the rose.
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10-24-2003, 03:46 PM
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Blacktip Shark
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He seems to be opening fully! I'll try to post a pic. THere's some algae growing on the shell. Can Derbesia leach compounds to hurt him?
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Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want
He who fears the thorn, should never crave the rose.
-favorite TRT quote
Forecast for tonight: dark, continued dark overnight, widely scattered light by morning
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