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Offline Riderc82

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Clam ID please
« on: September 27, 2009, 00:11:00 »
Can someone identify this clam?  Thanks
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Offline lazylivin

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Re: Clam ID please
« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2009, 00:28:28 »
I think it is a Tridacna crocea
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Re: Clam ID please
« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2009, 08:01:18 »
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Offline Wall_Tank

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Re: Clam ID please
« Reply #3 on: September 27, 2009, 09:26:49 »
Crocea clams are not sandbed clams.  They need to be attached to a rock, If you would like to keep it in your sand bed, bury a small rock under the clam, and it should find it.
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Offline Kenn

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Re: Clam ID please
« Reply #4 on: September 27, 2009, 12:50:14 »
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Re: Clam ID please
« Reply #5 on: September 27, 2009, 13:09:32 »
Yes crocea and it needs a rock to grab on to. If you want to place it in the sand place a rock under it.  But they look best nestled into rock work

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Offline Riderc82

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Re: Clam ID please
« Reply #6 on: September 27, 2009, 21:46:50 »
It decided to attach to a turbo snail shell prior to purchasing it so i just put some small pieces of rock around it.  My second question is since it came from a greenhouse should I still acclimate it to the light?  Thanks for the replies.
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Offline Riderc82

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Re: Clam ID please
« Reply #7 on: September 27, 2009, 21:48:45 »
Thanks for the link as well, I looked at another ID page they have on Reefkeeping.com but the one you linked is much better.
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Offline Wall_Tank

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Re: Clam ID please
« Reply #8 on: September 27, 2009, 22:02:23 »
Which greenhouse?   I have 3 croceas and a dersa, never did anything special for the light.  How big is the clam, anything under 2" to 2.5" may need some feeding.
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Offline Riderc82

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Re: Clam ID please
« Reply #9 on: September 27, 2009, 23:19:17 »
Coral Ranch I stopped by for the first time last week, they had great prices.  I plan on moving it up closer to the light since I have 20K XM's but I just put my old rock structure in the sump till I can get a chance to rid the rocks of zoanthids.  So far the zoanthids have been in an unlit sump for a week and yesterday I turned on the light yesterday to do some organizing and  the zoanthids opened up within ten minutes.
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Offline TechGuy

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Re: Clam ID please
« Reply #10 on: September 27, 2009, 23:53:39 »
Yea, good luck. Zoanthids are pretty hardcore. You can get them shipped to you dry and they do fine.
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