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Brent F · #1 03-30-2008, 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Reefhawk1

Wow three clams ! I just started my max a week ago and i cant wait to add a nice clam.

Is the lighting sufficient for them?

The clams aren't in the RSM. They are in the 9 inch deep tank next to it with metal halide lighting (my tide pool refugium hooked in with the RSM). You can see it better a couple pictures back. I've been told you can keep a clam near the top in a RSM.

Congrats on teh new RSM. I've been really happy with mine so far.

Brent F · #2 03-31-2008, 06:42 AM

One of my turbos likes coming right out of the water. Here it is from earlier today on the shore. I must not be feeding him enough. He is regularly out eating the algae above the water line.

Brent F · #3 04-05-2008, 01:01 AM

Here is why clams are better kept in an open top tank. The top half of this picture is a clam viewed over the top of the glass. The bottom half is the same clam viewed through the glass. You can't see any of the greens when looking through glass. Florescent blues look dull purple through glass.

Brent F · #4 04-08-2008, 05:39 AM

I was having problems with my light (ballast and bulbs) and found it wasn't intense enough for the clams so I upgraded the light over my shallow tank from the Viper 70 to a 250 watt metal halide. The light is too intense for the zoas and mushrooms I had in there so I did some major rearranging. Here's what the three tanks look like now.

some closeups

ElGuappo · #5 04-08-2008, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Brent F

One of my turbos likes coming right out of the water. Here it is from earlier today on the shore. I must not be feeding him enough. He is regularly out eating the algae above the water line.

My snails always get above the water line. all types margs and turbos. the new set looks great. quite the sand bed in the one tank.

ElGuappo · #6 04-08-2008, 09:15 PM

your last post i believe is of the max and it looks like you have gotten rid of one of the original PH's and added a koralia in its place is this the case?

Brent F · #7 04-08-2008, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by ElGuappo

your last post i believe is of the max and it looks like you have gotten rid of one of the original PH's and added a koralia in its place is this the case?

No, it is a "Hydor FLO" attached to the stock Red Sea powerhead nozzle

The deep sandbed in the Nanocube 6 is for a jawfish

Brent F · #8 04-13-2008, 04:35 AM

Here's my latest addition hiding under a clam. It's a Frogfish. The Pajama Cardinal had to be moved to another tank to make room for this guy. They can swallow fish close to their own size so aren't compatible with much else. Great fish for a clam and urchin only tank.

Here's a picture showing the diffence in light between the Red Sea Max and the 250W metal halide over the open tank

Brent F · #9 04-21-2008, 12:24 AM

I'm tired of my urchins tearing up my SPS so decided to setup another tank to move the urchins to. I picked up a 90 gal, a 67 gal and ASM G1-X skimmer used for a third the cost of my RSM. This will be setup as a FOWLR tank with a refugium in the sump setup as a second display.