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Either a mccoskers flasher wrasse or a leopard wrasse. I have a 2 to 2.5 inch sand bed and I am willing to buy more for the leopard. On another note, would the above apply to anthias as well? I was considering anthias instead of chromis at some point so I was wondering

I was considering a wrasse or a mandarin. Probably good right? Thank you for the help by the way

You think so? I thought I would be fine since the chromis were on the smaller side. Do you think it's overstocked? Or still on the safe side

I was wondering what everyone thought of my current stocking level and if I could add some more fish or not. Usually I ask the LFS but I was wondering what other hobbyists thought. Tank has been up since end of January I believe and I have a skimmer, bio pellet reactor, chaeto (not setup yet), and carbon. Tank is 75 gallons and sump is about 25? gallons and I do 15 to 20 gallon water changes weekly. Currently I have: - Pair of ocellaris - Allen's Damsel - Starry blenny - Diamond goby - 5 Chromis - One spot foxface - 2 BTA - some coral, mostly acro frags, some softies on sand and a few euphyllia corals - peppermint shrimp - skunk cleaner shrimp - emerald crab Thanks

Thinking about getting a desktop AIO to keep one of these guys. Does anyone have any experience keeping them and have any advice for me? Current plan is to keep it alone in a 20 gallon. Is a skimmer recommended for this setup? I know some nano tanks don't use skimmer. I heard it is hard to get them on frozen, any tips on that? Thanks

I actually talked to reef eScape and they said something like this should be coming in soon. Hopefully I'll get my hands on them soon so I don't have to leave the clam on the sandbed forever.

Should I stop broadcast feeding for now too then? I was doing it mostly for corals so I was wondering.

It's just not connected at all, like someone took a knife and cut right down the middle of the intake siphon until it became 2 distinct edges. It's healed separately as far as I can tell so its literally just two separate mantles on the bottom. Any advice on feeding? How often/ what time of day and broadcasting vs spot feeding? Also I have phyto and oyster that I was broadcasting. Hopefully that cuts it.

I'm glad to hear that. I guess I was just overly worried because I saw that the derasa clam's mantle wasn't a solid piece and was disconnected at the bottom unlike other pictures I have seen. So this is nothing to be too worried about, then?

Even the mantle of the derasa? Also, I know it is but I talked about it to a few reefer friends and they thought it would be fine. If it goes badly they offered to take care of it for the next few months until my tank matures more so I hope it all goes well on that front.

Hi wamas, I recently ordered an "ultra" maxima clam and a derasa clam w/ blue rim and got them today and have two problems with them. First, they sent me two extra maximas by accident so now I have 3 maximas around 1 inch and a derasa around 2 inches in my 75 gallon. I'm not sure if my system is able to support this many clams, if anyone has a better understanding of clams please let me know on this. Second, I noticed that the inhale siphon of the derasa wasn't connected (picture 1). Is this something critical/ worth bringing up to live aquaria or will it heal given time? Also do the other clams look all right? Two of them retracted when I turned down the blue, but hopefully you can see the mantle to check if it's bleached or damaged in any way. It doesn't to me, but I'm a rookie so I wanted to ask for some advice. Thank you in advanced. Tank is about 6 months old, 450 ppm calc, 9.8 alk, 2 nitrate, 0.3 phosphate