Need Clam Recommendations

Zoaelite · #1 05-21-2010, 10:25 PM

Can you retest your Nitrate, Nitrite and NH3 levels for us? At 9 months of running unless you have somehow destroyed your bacterial colonies those levels don't make any sense.

What NH3 test are you using? If it's an API I'm thinking your just misreading the color and you actually have a zero reading. Regardless, your lighting is just fine for keeping all species of clams and your CA/ALK is in the perfect range. I would say re-test those 3 levels and then you good to go and get addicted to clams like the rest of us

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Albertan22 · #2 05-22-2010, 12:15 AM

My NH3 kit is Red Sea, and it is a bit hard to tell between 0 and 0.25. The rest of the kits are API. It does seem strange that I'm picking up ammonia. Usually if there's anything off in my tank my duncan closes right up until I fix the problem, and he's happy as can be right now. I also have 4 sps corals showing full polyp extension.

Albertan22 · #3 05-22-2010, 12:51 AM

I ran my ammonia and nitrate tests again (I don't have a nitrite kit) and got pretty much the same result. The ammonia could almost be interpreted as 0, but I know I've had the test return a "yellower" colour than that before. Maybe I'll take some water in to an LFS this weekend and have it tested. I think if I actually had ammonia in the tank I'd be seeing a reaction from the corals.

fishytime · #4 05-22-2010, 03:07 AM

as stated your light is more than sufficient for any spieces of clam....as far as placement....derasas and squams in the sand and croceas and maximas on a small, flat or slightly cupped piece of LR that you can easily move and fit into your rock work (so you dont have to cut the clam off the rock if you need to move it).......also kinda puzzled by the ammonia reading......can you take a sample to the LFS and have them double check?......whats your Mg at?

Albertan22 · #5 05-23-2010, 02:54 AM

My ammonia test kit was off, should be reading 0. I picked up one of thos squamosas today Ken, thanks!