Coleus's 155 bowfront tank. HRV installed and new mixing station

fishytime · #1 05-29-2011, 04:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Coleus

Btw, now i understand why people become addicted with clam. They are just awesome to look at it from the top. Also, Doug, you have any advice of where to put the maxima, I read they require intensive lightning.

I love clams because they are like fingerprints......every one is different in some little way..the palcement of the maxima will depend on what your running for lighting and how deep the tank is?......as a general rule croceas and maximas prefer to be on rock(or glass) and hippos squamosas and derasas seem to prefer being in the sand....... you can place them up high in the rock work if you want but you need to make sure the DONT fall....what I try and do is, find a small to medium sized, either flat or cup shaped piece of live rock and try and get the clam to attach to it at the bottom of the tank.....that way you can move the clam on his rock, without cutting its "foot", if it doesnt seem happy where it is.......

The Grizz · #2 05-29-2011, 04:26 AM

Nice clam you have there Tai, hope you have better luck then Doug & I did.

Coleus · #3 05-29-2011, 05:41 AM

thanks guys. Well, i hope i don't get marine velvet from this. lol. Never understand why I can't stop adding stock to my tank.

Coleus · #4 05-31-2011, 04:34 AM

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Originally Posted by fishytime

I love clams because they are like fingerprints......every one is different in some little way..the palcement of the maxima will depend on what your running for lighting and how deep the tank is?......as a general rule croceas and maximas prefer to be on rock(or glass) and hippos squamosas and derasas seem to prefer being in the sand....... you can place them up high in the rock work if you want but you need to make sure the DONT fall....what I try and do is, find a small to medium sized, either flat or cup shaped piece of live rock and try and get the clam to attach to it at the bottom of the tank.....that way you can move the clam on his rock, without cutting its "foot", if it doesnt seem happy where it is.......

Hi Doug,

I have 3x 250W MH and 4 T5 Maristar and it is 11 inch from the water line. My tank is 24 inch deep, barebottom.

How long does it take for clam to stick to the rock? The hippo clam keep turning, so i will try to move it to different spot. Right now it is at the bottom of the tank. Should i move it up a little bit?

Coleus · #5 07-03-2011, 05:39 AM

Tear drop maxima

Another croeca

and this....

kien · #6 07-03-2011, 05:51 AM

Wow pretty clams! :-D

Leah · #7 07-03-2011, 12:02 PM

Nice additions!...bet they taste awfully good too!

kien · #8 07-03-2011, 02:23 PM

Apparently they do :-(

Coleus · #9 07-26-2011, 03:45 AM

It is unfortunately that my angels like to nip at nice clams only. They don't touch the hippo clam alone. I guess i can have some more hippo clam :-)

On to another topic, I finally got my HRV installed. It is very nice, drop my humidity level from 55 to 40 in less than 1 hour. I also notice my tank ph level is getting better as well. Hopefully it will do the job well in winter.The unit is Lifebreath 155 MAX and I got it installed by BMS heating.

The installer is very knowledgeable, he answered to all my questions cleary and the installation was very clean and well organized. Couple screenshots

and also in the process of upgrading my mixing station

Hopefully, this will help me to only do water change twice a month instead once every week