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04-04-2006, 05:57 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: the valley, CA Age: 23
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|  congrats, its a blue baby maxima
hey reef folks i am so excited. i recently purchased a 1 1/2 in baby maxima. friggin awesome. its slowly opening more and more each day. i am feeding phyto feast live and zooplex since it is a baby and needs target feeding. my question is if using a syringe is acceptable for feeding such a beauty? please let me know i would hate to lose this little giant 
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50 gallon reef tank. coralife 36 in 96w 10,000 k/96w actinic/ lunar lights, 40lr, 4inches ls, RemoraAquaC skimmer, closed loop flow, refugium, oscellaris clown, bluegreen reef chromis, green mandarin,turbo snails/reef crabs, sand sifting stars, corals: blue striped mushrooms, toadstool mushroom,yellowgreen cup, purple gorgonian, greenblue pipe organ, favites brain, torch, frogspawn, sebae anemone.
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04-05-2006, 12:01 AM
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| | Sailfin Tang
Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: SF/Monterey Bay Area, CA
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Target feeding isn't the preferred method IMO. If you hit them with to high a cell count, they'll close up. Just turn off your skimmer for an hour or two and dose the whole tank.
Is it a Tongan AC Maxima? Where'd yah get it? 
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04-05-2006, 09:13 AM
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| | Bristle Worm
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i dont think so, i believe its a regular Tridacna Maxima, it is purple with a neon blue rim and neon blue line variations on the inner of the mantle. check it out at atlantisaquarium.net Gresham. way cool stuff. | |
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04-26-2006, 12:01 AM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
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I notice you got 192watt of PC, how is it doing under there? I am wanting to get one later.
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Started on Jan 24, cycled on Feb 17
125 gallons (72" x 18" x 22"), 20 gallons sump, 29 gallons fuge. 90 lbs sugar fine sand in MT and 30 in fuge.
Equipments:
Coralife Super Skimmer 220 w/ an air pump to increase micro bubbles, Mag drive 9.5 return pump
2 Maxi 900 and Rio+ 2100 as powerheads, Mag 350 filter
Lighting:
110watts PC, 70watts NO
Resident:
2 Polyps Ricordia
Royal Gramma, Lawnmower Blenny
Sally Light Foot
Pepermint Shrimp
70 Blue Leg Hermits
25 Snails | |
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04-26-2006, 09:12 AM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: the valley, CA Age: 23
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Hey gkw the clam is doing great so far, except my urchin and turbo snails are knocking him off his rock on occasion. i have him now in the middle of the tank, fully expanded daily and opened a little more every day after initial purchase. color is still very bright (so pretty). i am feeding phytofeast live and a very small amount of microvert. it appears to be growing so far. i was scared to try this since i have PC at this time but all is well. i read that baby clams especially maximas require less light. after this summer i will upgrade to MH because that is what he will need when hes larger. | |
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04-26-2006, 11:23 AM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
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Nice. Good to hear the little bugger is doing fine. I will be getting one soon. Also, I have Kent phytoplankton, is it suitable for his diet?
Thanks!
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04-26-2006, 11:30 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 20
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IMO, i would be inclined to upgrade your lighting. The two clams i had did great for a few months...but pc just inst strong enough for the maximas or croceas... _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
Bulbs:
1x 54W Blue Plus T5 HO Fluorescent, 1x54w Super Actinic Blue 03 T5 HO Flourescent
1x 54W 12000K Aquablue Special T5 HO Fluorescent, 1x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
100 lbs Fiji Live Rock
65 lbs Live sand
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04-26-2006, 12:27 PM
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#8 (permalink)
| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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Originally Posted by Zissou expanded daily and opened a little more every day after initial purchase | Just an FYI. If lighting in the aquarium is not sufficient, the clam may display higher than normal mantle extension. This usually means that the clam is trying to extend its mantle for maximum light exposure because of insufficient lighting. | |
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04-26-2006, 01:02 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
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Sorry, I didn't stated that I will be getting a clam for my 20 gal long w/ 195 watts of PC. Is it enough light? or I have to get MH for it's strong penetration of lights?
If the 195w i have is enough....what type of clam I can put it?
Thanks!
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04-26-2006, 01:12 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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That should be plenty of light for any of the tridacnid clams. If you get a maxima or crocea, however, you'll want them as high up in the rockwork, as close to the lights as possible. | |
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