Is this a happy clam?

[fishcake]

Yesterday I bought a less than 2 inch clam. Was looking healthy in the LFS. Was showing all its blue shiny bits.

But now it's brown!!

I am using an LED lamp source. And my tank set up is only 3 weeks old.

I was told by LFS that clam is easy to keep?

[fishcake]

Will upload photo soon.

[kenyee]

Bro, do read up more on keeping clam..I m no expert in keeping clam but know that its difficult to care..rem any clam that below 2" or 3" required feeding..clam need cold water n good lighing too..3 Weeks tank seem a bit too new I think..cheers n happy reefing

[chrislwp]

Could be different viewing angle. Look nice from top, but brown through the glass.. this is common.

[blesson87]

IMHO ... 3 weeks is just not enough for keeping clams. You will need a much more stable tank and importantly a mature tank for your clam's wellbeing. Doing research before impulse buying helps. Sorry if this comes out as harsh but I've lost enough livestock in the past due to impulse buying. Anyways goodluck.

[reeflex]

Gave it time and it will look nice. Place it below the light. Need strong light and good flow.

[fishcake]

Thanks for the advice guys. will keep my eye on it and see if it gets worse.

[fishcake]

This is my clam now

[fishcake]

file:///Users/golden_spinx/Desktop/Clam%20and%20Brain%20Coral.jpg

[fishcake]

oh no! I can't add any pictures.

I have tried copying and dragging the jpg into the reply box but it doesn't work. The file uploader doesn't work either..

How do you guys upload photo's?

[xiggie]

If the file uploaded don't work it means that your picture file is too big ... Resize and try again

[fishcake]

The pictures 500kb

[hanafi_weeseng]

Try screen shot the pic.

[starocean91]

Bro you can resize your pic via paint program on your desktop or upload it using tapatalk app.

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[fishcake]

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[fishcake]

There you go.. tapatalk to the rescue

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[fishcake]

Was like that previously.

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My nano/ pick tank.

Let me know what you guys think

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[blesson87]

How does your clam look right now ? Blue mantle like first pic or brown mantle ?

[fishcake]

Blue like first pic

[fishcake]

My parameters: Calcium: 410 ppm Ph: 8.3 ppm Phosphate: 0 ppm Ammonia: 0 ppm Nitrite: 0 ppm Nitrate: 10 pm Going on my 4th week now and just added chaeto. Seems to be going pretty well other than. the diatoms showing up.

[blesson87]

Sorry for late reply ... blue colour is good news for your clam and your parameters look ok. Good luck ... for battling diatoms you will need some sort of nutrient export like dsb or macro algae or if into diy turf scrubber etc

[kfc]

seems ok