What species of clam can I get with this lighting

[AquaGrizzly]

2-10K daylight bulbs 96w each
2-actinic blue bulbs 96w each
both are pc lights 4 bulbs all together
384w all together on a regular 55 g. tank
48x13xwhatever too lazy to get the tape measure.
I was wondering if there is a species of clam I can get with this lighting? I have plenty of room to put it towards the top on a rock or in my sandbed (5").
Thanks for helping.

[Wiskey]

Squmosa, Derassa, or Gigas will all be fine with that light. These clams like the sandbed though so set them there.

Whiskey

[chris&barb]

just a side note FWIW

the placement of clams in our tanks is dependent on the strength of your lighting. clams don't have brains and don't know the difference between sand and rock.
for years ive seen people make a distinction of clams being "rock clams" or "sand clams". who knows how it started but its not accurate. all the clams we keep are most commonly found up on the reef. Crocea and Maxima are always found on the reef. Squamosa, Gigas, Derasa and Hippopus are most commonly found up on the reef or on hard calcium carbonate substrate. Squamosa, Gigas, Derasa and the Hippopus species are rarely found on sand and only if the sandy area is very sheltered from currents and wave action.

[Wiskey]

Responding to the side note

The reason I say "Sand" for these clams is that with your lighting the clams will have plenty of light down there,... plus these clams don't have as strong of a byassal attachment as the Maxima or Crosea clams do. I've found that these clams are generally happier on the sand, out of the higher flow that is usually up top.

I've kept them in the rock too,.. but when I did I found that they needed to be "Cradled" by a rock to keep them firmly upright, even then sometimes they seem to "Let go".

Whiskey

[Jflip2002]

You got served lol.

[chris&barb]

Originally Posted by Wiskey

Responding to the side note

The reason I say "Sand" for these clams is that with your lighting the clams will have plenty of light down there,... plus these clams don't have as strong of a byassal attachment as the Maxima or Crosea clams do. I've found that these clams are generally happier on the sand, out of the higher flow that is usually up top.

I've kept them in the rock too,.. but when I did I found that they needed to be "Cradled" by a rock to keep them firmly upright, even then sometimes they seem to "Let go".

Whiskey

i understand you point and reasoning. my point was that clams cant tell and dont care what they sit on as long as the lighting is sufficient. IMO its a stretch to classify clams in these terms when in fact the very large majority of them are found up on the reef. you are correct that Squamosa,Derasa and Gigas have weaker byssal attachments. when they get larger they rely on there mass to hold themselves in place however when they are still young they use there byssus to attach. if they were sand clams there would be nothing to attach to, so they wouldn't have this organ. they would have evolved past that a long time ago.

[chris&barb]

Originally Posted by Jflip2002

You got served lol.

thank you for your insightful contributing to the discussion

[Wiskey]

I'm going to have to look in my books when I get home, because I don't want to just "Say" that Derassa and Gigas as they age are almost always found on the sand, but if I remember right they are.

Both of them drop their byassal glad, and ability to attach to the substrate as they age, both of them also build a very, very thick shell on the bottom, the reason for this is that if they get knocked over they will rite automatically.

Though I am aware that as they are young they are commenly found on a hard substrate (Not sand) I'm 99.8% sure that when they loose there byassal gland at a couple years old, they fall to the sand. I know that every time I've seen a picture of a 4 foot Gigas clam, it's always in the sand.

Whiskey