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05-29-2007, 01:18 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: North Dakota Age: 31
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 |  Feeding options for Maxima Clam
I just bought a small brown T. Maxima clam -- looks very healthy and happy and is roughly 1 - 1 1/2". I feed him zooplex by adding it into the water flow that goes right past him. Now I'm just wondering as I've read some people add up to a half cup of plankton every day or two. Where do you get this and is there a cheaper way to feed? I'm sure some of my corals would benefit as well from these feedings but would like to know what others use/cost and how they get it. A 16 oz bottle of zooplex runs about 20 bucks and they don't really seem to last that long.
Also running PC lighting and he's towards the top -- 260 watts in a 72 but hope to upgrade to 760 watts (500 of metal Halide) by Xmas time and add more clams in the sand.
Opinions and info on what you do would be greatly appreciated as my 72 is going to go mostly to a reef tank with a blue hippo and a mandarin.
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90 gallon with 26 gallon sump/refugium, 2 x 250 MH lighting, 100lbs live rock, 1 - yellow tang,1 damsel, 1 - cleaner shrimp, 1 - coral banded shrimp, 3 - emerald crabs, 2 - porcelin crabs, 6 - peppermint shrimp, 1 - green ricordia, 1 - toadstool, 1 - brittle starfish, 1 - sand sifting star, 100's baby feather dusters,Ass mushrooms, frogspawn, xenia, 1 clam,
6 - Leather coral, Green star polyps,Lime green/orange button polyps,1 huge carpet anenome,various snails/hermit crabs | 
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05-29-2007, 01:36 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: 630, IL Age: 22
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from what i've read the smaller clams will feed on phyto and i guess the smaller size of the phyto the better, i've been using phyto-feast it has a range of 1-15 microns, the dt's has a range of 2-20 | |
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05-29-2007, 02:24 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 43
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Zooplex is too big for your clam at that size I believe!! Clams in that size range are not a viable solution to getting a clam IMO as the food source is not small enough! Nanoplankton and yeast are the best bet for a baby clam. Unfortunately these food sources are not that easy to come by and the clam will basically just cough it out-I have since, trying small clams like the one you have, gone with clams atleast 3inches in size as their food source has turned to nutrients found throught the process of photosynthesis by the clams zooxanthellae that has since developed!
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05-29-2007, 02:31 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
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Unfortunately I did most of my research on clam size after I bought it. I was under the impression that all clams were just mostly dependent on light. I'll have to look for some different food for the bugger but my next clams willl all be larger.
Thanks for the info on the zooplex | |
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05-29-2007, 02:52 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. Paul/Woodbury, Minnesota Age: 49
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Feed live plankton such as DT's. For some good info check out Clams Direct You can ask Barry the owner what is best to feed the clams. They also have a clam forum. Your better off feeding live plankton vs dead.
Zooplex is definitely too big. The particle size is stated to be 800 microns. Your better off feeding Phytoplex which is 2-15 microns and Chromoplex which is 5-25 microns if you dont have access to DT's live phytoplankton which can be bought online.
Hope this helps some.
I hope you have that clam sitting up off the gravel on a rock at least 1/2 way up in your tank with that kind of lighting. And I would not feed 1/2 cupful because you will pollute your tank. Check out the clamsdirect site. _________ 75g reef with Nova Extreme 8 bulb HO T-5 lighting, refuge, Remora skimmer, DSB, Seio powerheads, Acro's, LPS corals, assorted zoo's & mushrooms, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown, Blue Cleaner Goby , Cleaner, Fire and Sexy Shrimp, Coco Worm, T.Crocea Clam, Derasa Clam
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