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Hope it works out! Lots of valuable info out there.

I really enjoyed his talk at MACNA this year. I even went out and got his book, despite the fact that I already had Daniel Knop's book on the subject. 

I'm thinking about selling this clam. It's doing okay but it scares me the way anemones scare me. My tank is too young.

I'm thinking about selling this clam. It's doing okay but it scares me the way anemones scare me. My tank is too young.

How is it looking today?

 

How is it looking today?[/quot

 

No gaping. It's fully opened. It rotated itself to the angle it liked. Looks "happy as a clam" it's actually stunning to look at. but I'm afraid my tank is too young. I don't want it dying.

No gaping. It's fully opened. It rotated itself to the angle it liked. Looks "happy as a clam" it's actually stunning to look at. but I'm afraid my tank is too young. I don't want it dying.

So far, so good. I'm thinking that you're watching your tank closely enough to notice changes. That goes a long ways. You've got a lot of good light and clean water (so far). It's not so much that your tank is "young" - the risk is that you're not very experienced yet. However, you're reading and you're inquisitive. Sure, there's a risk that you'll lose the clam (or anything else) with some mistake along the way. But your learning is a way to help mitigate that risk. A "mature" tank is less important here than with some species that, for example, require a well-developed food chain ecosystem to support near-constant foraging. You may be able to do this.... Just keep your eyes open for changes.

So far, so good. I'm thinking that you're watching your tank closely enough to notice changes. That goes a long ways. You've got a lot of good light and clean water (so far). It's not so much that your tank is "young" - the risk is that you're not very experienced yet. However, you're reading and you're inquisitive. Sure, there's a risk that you'll lose the clam (or anything else) with some mistake along the way. But your learning is a way to help mitigate that risk. A "mature" tank is less important here than with some species that, for example, require a well-developed food chain ecosystem to support near-constant foraging. You may be able to do this.... Just keep your eyes open for changes.

I'm watching it like a hawk. And the params I check in the morning. And late at night. Well what I can check anyway. PH Ammo trite trate SG temp. Everything is stable. I attached a photo above.

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im feeding it Seachem phyto plankton with a syringe 1ML and 4ML of tank water into the syring. I don't know how often. Weekly. Bi weekly? I turn my skimmer off for 2 hours when spot feed cus the skimmer goes nuts and over flows. Lol. Feeding my Xenia it too cus I want it to take over its own island.

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Watch for signs of growth over the next week or two. You'll start to see the edge of the clam's shell turn bright white. This is a sign of  new shell being made and is a good indicator of the clam having what it needs to grow. Eventually, though, as the clam grows, it's needs may outstrip simple water changes to manage calcium and alkalinity needs, and you may have to investigate and adopt a supplementation approach (kalk, two-part, etc.). For now, though, since you're growing corals, you really should add calcium and alkalinity tests to your inventory. Take a baseline set of readings on your calcium and alkalinity, then take another after two or three days (at the same time of day as the first test) to get some idea of the consumption rate for these mineral components. Watch color, too, and watch for physical signs that something's not right.

 

It's easy to go a bit crazy with testing in the beginning. We've all done it. However, you'll quickly learn that you can tell when something's not right in your tank just by how things look. Corals can look retracted; may start bleaching; there may be tissue recession... any of this, and more. When things look different, that's when testing (for an experienced aquarist) will spike. Otherwise, testing is done much less frequently than what you're doing now (for a tank with developed biological filtration).

You may not even need the phyto. However, since it seems that the skimmer can remove it, it probably doesn't hurt and may even provide a little nutritional boost. 

Yeah I ordered an alk and cal kit off eBay. Waiting for it.

Tomorrow is my water change day. My nitrates are only 2 but I'm gonna swap out 2 gallons to replenish some trace elements.

 

As always thanks tom.

 

How's it look in that photo? I used my iPhone so it's not the best but I didn't edit it at all.

Yeah I ordered an alk and cal kit off eBay. Waiting for it.

Tomorrow is my water change day. My nitrates are only 2 but I'm gonna swap out 2 gallons to replenish some trace elements.

 

As always thanks tom.

 

How's it look in that photo? I used my iPhone so it's not the best but I didn't edit it at all.

Keep in mind that clams will help with nitrates.

 

The picture looks good. The clam looks happy thus far.

Yeah I ordered an alk and cal kit off eBay. Waiting for it.

Tomorrow is my water change day. My nitrates are only 2 but I'm gonna swap out 2 gallons to replenish some trace elements.

 

As always thanks tom.

 

How's it look in that photo? I used my iPhone so it's not the best but I didn't edit it at all.

It is still gaping (not extreme) but I dont see anything alarming. Once adjusted, the intake siphon will nearly close and the clam itself will close up that gap and further extend its mantles. Should be quite beautiful when viewed from above (maxima's eyes always add a lot of pop).

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