Experiences w/ Maxima's Under T5's?

Hello all,

Just wanted to put a feeler out there for any of you who've got (or had) Maxima clams under T5 lighting. *Did they seem to like it? *Keep them up high? *Just general notes for me.

Thanks all!

David

 

I keep mine up high, pretty much on top of the rocks, about 6" below the water line, grows like crazy and has kept its color no problem.

 

I have two Maxima's on the sandbed under 4x54w of T5 in my 55g reef. Both are doing great, showing nice growth & always opened up nicely with good color. My fixture is a TEK Elite and I use 3 ATI bulbs and 1 KZ & I dose ALK/CA/MG bi-weekly.

Here's one of them with my shrooms:

 

My green maxima has done very well under T5's so far. I've only had it maybe 7 weeks or so but seems very happy. 1/3 way up under 2Blue+, Aquablue Special, Fiji Purple.

 

Here is the one from my tank. I also have a Derasa on the sand bed. I am looking to get more, I really like the colors and different patterns on the clams mantle. I keep this one up high in the tank. When I first got it I had pc's and it still did really good under those but again it was about 3" from the water surface and about 7" from the light. This photo is about 1 year old though. This clam is much larger now.

 

I have a crocea currently under 6x54w T5s. It's relatively high up and doing pretty well. I use to have it under 4x54w T5s. It grew nicely, but it definitely colored up better under the 6x54w T5s.

 

Good to know on the bulb q difference.

 

Wow. I think this certainly dispells the rumor of "halide only"! I really look forward to trying this. A few things that still concern me are:

My tanks age (5 weeks)
I will only have 4 24 watt t5's. I'm hoping this is all relative due to the fact that my tank is only 37 gallons.

 

Is your tank 5 weeks since the end of the cycle, or is it 5 weeks since it was set up? Either way I personally would wait before getting a clam so as to gain more experience in keeping water params in check. especially with a tank as small as yours. thats just my $.02 worth.

 

T5HO intensity is affected by length. The longer the more intense. Definitely keep the clam near the top of the rocks. I agree on working on your husbandry until you get it down, clams love stability.