I say a new one would be good.. lol :mrgreen:

Alright, I'll probably start another one. Although I'm keeping my RC one all together for the sake of simplicity. Its hard to keep multiple threads together and organized!

And it begins:lol: lookin forward to watchin this one evolve.

My new tang didn't make it. :(

Oh damn.... sorry to hear that! Just too much aggression from the others?

I don't think so, they were all fine together last time I checked. Although I wasn't watching them all the time, so who knows. It sucks, big time, and I have some serious guilt over it.

Im sorry Catherine. I posted this quote in another thread but perhaps it applies here as well "I think we underestimate the effect of stress and lactic acid build up in fish. Im an angler and it has been long known that a certain percentage of released fish will die due to not being able to recover from the latic acid build up caused from the stress of being caught. Every time we put a net to a fish it causes a stress probably equal to that of a fish caught on a line." Perhaps this coupled with the initiation from your resident tangs was too much for the newbie. Did it have ich?

I honestly have no idea what happened. There was no ich when I last saw it alive, however what remained of the corpse had little white bumps, similar to ich, but I can't confirm it was actually ich.

The bad behavior from my other tangs stopped immediately after I put the mirror up to the glass. I think I once saw my bristletooth dart after the same piece of food as the new tang, and the new tang did shy away. However that in and of itself isn't conclusive either. In the end it just flat out sucks that it died, and I feel responsible.

Info Dump, skip if you don't care about clams:

I just need somewhere to store this information because my documents holding the data keeps getting deleted:

Papers with online access:

Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture (CTSA)
http://www.ctsa.org/PublicationList.aspx (Dec 11, 2008)

CTSA #143. Ellis, S. 2000. Nursery and Growout Techniques for Giant Clams (Bivalvia: Tridacnidae). 99 pp.
(http://www.ctsa.org/publicationDetail.aspx?pID=1018) (Dec 11, 2008)


CTSA #139. Ellis, S. 1999. Lagoon Farming of Giant Clams (Bivalvia: Tridacnidae). 6 pp.
(http://www.ctsa.org/publicationDetail.aspx?pID=1022) (Dec 11, 2008)

CTSA #130. Ellis, S. 1998. Spawning and Early Larval Rearing of Giant Clams. 52 pp. (with companion video while supplies last).
(http://www.ctsa.org/publicationDetail.aspx?pID=1031) (Dec 11, 2008)

CTSA #114. Leung, P.S., Y.C. Shang, K. Wanitprapha and X. Tian. 1993. Production Economics of Giant Clam Tridacna species Culture Systems in the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands. 30 & A-14 pp.
(http://www.ctsa.org/upload/publicati...0866637652.pdf) (Dec 11, 2008)


FAO:
Hatchery operation: culture of larvae basic methodology, feeding and nutrition, factors influencing growth and survival, and settlement and metamorphosis.
Entire Document, Pts 1 -5
(ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/007/y5720e/y5720e00.pdf) (Jan 15, 2008)

PT 5.
(ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/007/y5720e/y5720e04.pdf) (Nov 12, 2008)


Artificial propagation of bivalves: Techniques and methods
UNDP/FAO REGIONAL SEAFARMING DEVELOPMENT AND
DEMONSTRATION PROJECT (RAS/90/002)
(http://www.fao.org/docrep/field/003/...739E00.htm#TOC) (Nov 12, 2008)


Papers with no online access:

Genetic structure of Linckia laevigata and Tridacna crocea populations in the Palawan shelf and shoal reefs By: M. A. Juinio-Meñez; R. M. Magsino; R. Ravago-Gotanco; E. T. Yu. Marine Biology, 2003, Vol. 142 Issue 4, p717-726; (AN 130619988205786) (Dec 11, 2008)

Effects of copper and decreased salinity on survival rate and development of Tridacna gigas larvaePreview By: Blidberg, E. Marine Environmental Research, December, 2004, Vol. 58 Issue 2-5, p793-797; (AN 231801984821884) (Dec 11, 2008)

Fitt. W.K., Fisher, CR., and Trench, R.K., 1984. Larval biology of tridacnid clams.
Aquaculture. 39: I8 l-195.

Author: Huang
Title: Locomotion and Aggregative Response in Juvenile Fluted Giant Clams (Tridacna squamosa)
Source: Eos [0096-3941] yr:2006 vol:87 iss:36

Author: Hirose
Title: Establishment of the photosymbiosis in the early ontogeny of three giant clams
Source: Marine biology [0025-3162] yr:2006 vol:148 iss:3 pg:551-558

Author: Hean
Title: A growth model for giant clams Tridacna crocea and T. derasa
Source: Ecological modelling [0304-3800] yr:2003 vol:163 iss:1-2 pg:87-100

Books:
- Giant Clams (1996) Daniel Knop
- Coral Propagation (2007?) Anthony Calfo
- Giant Clams in the Sea & Aquarium (2007?) James Fatherree

Need to source out:
Author: Sheppard , Sheppard
Title: Perkinsus olseni detected in Vietnamese aquacultured reef clams Tridacna crocea imported to the USA, following a mortality event
Source: Diseases of aquatic organisms [0177-5103] yr:2008 vol:79 iss:3 pg:229-235

Gwyther, J. and J.L. Munro. 1981. Spawning induction and rearing of larvae of tridacnid clams (Bivalvia: Tridacnidae). Aquaculture. 24:197-217.

Fitt WK, Trench RK (1981) Spawning, development, and aquisition of zooxanthellae by Tridacna squamosa (Molusca, Bivalvia) Biol Bull 161:213-235

hey just looking at your pics there and your ducting that you think serves no purpose, could very likely be where your upstairs vent connects. this loooks like the cold air return. if this is the case there is no downsizing as it will restrict you circulation.