Blue maxima moving

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  1. thejiro

    thejiro Plankton

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    I picked up a small blue maxima about 2 weeks ago and it is in my 34G Solana that has the 150W MH pendant on it. I have noticed that my clam seems to move from the rock that i have placed it on. It is 21 inches from the light, and on the outskirts of the pendants "spot light" effect. It moves from the rock on to the sandbed, it is not getting blown off by too much flow because the clam does not move in the flow when I set it on the rock. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this, or what I can do to make my clam stay.

    TIA
    Ken
     
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  2. schackmel

    schackmel Giant Squid

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    How small is a small clam? Sometimes clams under 2" need to be spot fed until they get bigger.

    Also what is your water parameters?

    If clams are not happy with where they are they will move themselves. If it does not like where it is and keeps moving, I would not force it to much, esp at this point. Maybe find a flat rock that you can place the clam on and leave it on the sand (know it is not best) until it latches on iwth its foot and feed it some phyto a couple times a week and then when it settles down place the rock with the clam where you want it......

    Good luck....
     
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  3. {Nano}Reefer

    {Nano}Reefer Dragon Wrasse

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    +1, well said :)
     
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  4. GuitarMan89

    GuitarMan89 Giant Squid

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    small clams, those under 3 in. generally do not rely solely on light as their larger, aged counterparts. They also obtain what they need from the water, so the addition of some filter feeder food is necessary to maintain a good health. The location you've described makes it seem that may not be getting enough light, clams can take as much light as you give them. You may want to center it under the light or bring it higher up.
     
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  5. thejiro

    thejiro Plankton

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    Thank you for the replies. I have done my resaearch and I know that the smaller clams need to be spotfed phytoplankton. The clam is ~ 2-2.5 inches in length. I have some kent's phytoplex that I am using to spot feed it now, would you all suggest using a live product like DT's phytoplankton would be better. I have some flat rubble I can place under the clam so that it attaches to it.

    Salinity 34ppt (refractometer)
    Ca 320ppm (Salifert)
    alk 11dKH (Salifert)
    NH4 0 (Lamotte)
    NO2 0 (Lamotte)
    NO3 2.5ppm (Lamotte)
    PO4 .07ppm (hanna meter)

    TIA
    Ken
     
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  6. GuitarMan89

    GuitarMan89 Giant Squid

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    personaly, i don't think it matters if it is alive or not, any filter feeder food should be just fine
     
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