Losing color

[37Alpha]

Hi all. I am losing color on my clam. Can advise what to dose to bring the color back?

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[james72]

Nothing to dose. Just need healthy stable water and good light.

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[Admiraltian]

Maybe chk ur calcium levels, most clams need gd calcium levels to strive other than lighting.

[seanhorsay]

Sori 2 hijack bro 37alpha.. as mine oso hav the same prob. Izit the bigger the clam is & its color wil start 2 spread then fade..? My calcium is abt 450ppm. But my oni worries is the undowndable hi nitrate. Izit the cause? Any clam siao bro here can advise?

[Admiraltian]

Sori 2 hijack bro 37alpha.. as mine oso hav the same prob. Izit the bigger the clam is & its color wil start 2 spread then fade..? My calcium is abt 450ppm. But my oni worries is the undowndable hi nitrate. Izit the cause? Any clam siao bro here can advise?

I dun think its high nitrates cos its will not only affect your clam but fishes and corals too. What I mean high nitrates will be those above 100ppm. Test kit shd be able to detect.

[37Alpha]

I m using razor maxpect. Can advise how much white n hpw much blue u guys set

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[tofubox]

Depends also on your maxspect height and kelvin. For mine its 10k, so i have to use alot of blue. Its currently set at peak 60%w, 80%b. I am considering increasing the blue to 90%.

[tofubox]

Sori 2 hijack bro 37alpha.. as mine oso hav the same prob. Izit the bigger the clam is & its color wil start 2 spread then fade..? My calcium is abt 450ppm. But my oni worries is the undowndable hi nitrate. Izit the cause? Any clam siao bro here can advise?

Hi bro, any idea why your nitrates are undownable? I used to have this same problem. I changed out almost full tank of water weekly previously to try to get my nitrates back down, didn't help abit, so i understand what u mean by undownable. Problem is you need to try to find the cause of the nitrates. Could be high bioload, overfeeding, old rocks n sand, plenty of dead zone in your tank, insufficient skimming etc. What i did was to counter every single problem mentioned, and on top of that started bacteria dosing and introduced algone patches. Now my nitrates sit at 0.5.