New Clam

so i think am ready to get my clam now , my LFS has a nice looking max it about 2" for 69$.

the position i have in mind for it, would have it about 10" from the light it that to far or to close or is that just right ?

i know if he dosent like the location he will move, but the hight point in the tank is where he will be place to start.

 

he should be fine up there , you may want to acclimate by startin him ;lower in the tank and then raisng him to where you want him.

 

Ive got a maxima living on the bottom of a 29g tank under a 150w halide/4 bulb 36" T5 with another 3/4 of the way up the tank in the rockwork. Both settled down where they were the happiest. What lights is it under at the LFS?

 

i beleave its under 2 X 400mh over a 29 long, maybe about 18 to 25" away

 

If it is indeed under 2x 400w halides you should be free to start it wherever you want, thats gotta be obscenely bright in a tank that size Start it up higher, let it figure out where it wants to be. All of my clams have pretty much settled where they are content. One maxima was happy in the rockwork way high up, another down towards the sand.

 

You need to be very careful buying clams under 3". It will need constant manual feedings.

 

the mH i have it 24" 150mh 2t5 blue

 

yea what i got was a little Rubbermaid container that I put a hole in the bottom, I will use that to cover him when i feed him brine shrimp I will try and feed him 2 time a day,

but i will look to see if they have one 3 to 4"

 

need to feed phyto at that size

 

They need to be fed a filter feeder food.