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Guys & Gals;

I'm going to buy a couple of clam for my tank in Surabaya, 2"-3" for $5 a piece.

I using 4 24W T5, which I think is suffice for starter.

Problem is that how can I distinguish what clam am I buying. The LFS here have no clue in them, they just sell when it is harvested.

ty for comment.

Also, they lights is quite bad thus cannot see the clam fully open.

Equipment:

30G Corner Tank with 10G Sump, 2 x 24W artinic T5, 1 x 24W 10K, 1x 24W 20K, 3" Grade 0 sand & Live rocks, Activated Carbon, Bio-home, 2 x Seio M620, Hailea 1/2HP Chiller, Redsea Pro Skimmer

Live Stock:

Turbo Snail x 1, Green Mandarin Dragonet X 2, Blue Tang X 2, True percular x 2, 1 x Algae Bleenie, Clarke clown x 2

Reef:

1 x 2" Blue maxima, Red/Brown/Purple Mushroom (Discosoma), Pink Ricordea yuma, A little colony Brown/Green common Zoanthus, Red/Pink/Green US Zoanthus, Eagle-eye Zoathus, 14 Branch Goniopora Pandoraensis, 1 Starburst Polyps, 3 + 2 Branch Frogspawn, 4 Blasto, palythoa, Cheato

RIPs (Since June 2005):

1. Sabae clown (KO by Clarke clown) 2. 1 branch melted frogspawn 4 branch 3. Golden maxima (Ripe the base off rock by me) 4. Algae Bleenie x 2 (Starvation) 5. Blue Maxima x 1, 2 x Maxima, 1 x frogspawn, rics (Overtemp...)

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Guys & Gals;

I'm going to buy a couple of clam for my tank in Surabaya, 2"-3" for $5 a piece.

I using 4 24W T5, which I think is suffice for starter.

Problem is that how can I distinguish what clam am I buying. The LFS here have no clue in them, they just sell when it is harvested.

ty for comment.

Also, they lights is quite bad thus cannot see the clam fully open.

Wow sei so cheap ah??$5 apiece???? :yeah:

Try look for those tat bases r attach to a rock.. ;)

Since u r using T5 onli n i assume its HO type,try putting e clam high up near e surface so tat they can get more lgts....Tats wat im doing now,im using T5 HO lgt onli n its growing... :D

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Guys & Gals;

I'm going to buy a couple of clam for my tank in Surabaya, 2"-3" for $5 a piece.

I using 4 24W T5, which I think is suffice for starter.

Problem is that how can I distinguish what clam am I buying. The LFS here have no clue in them, they just sell when it is harvested.

ty for comment.

Also, they lights is quite bad thus cannot see the clam fully open.

hey , any chances of brining more in? :P

anw, Put it high up... :yeah:

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Guys & Gals;

I'm going to buy a couple of clam for my tank in Surabaya, 2"-3" for $5 a piece.

I using 4 24W T5, which I think is suffice for starter.

Problem is that how can I distinguish what clam am I buying. The LFS here have no clue in them, they just sell when it is harvested.

ty for comment.

Also, they lights is quite bad thus cannot see the clam fully open.

try the webbie below for the ids:

http://www.clamsdirect.com/store/home.php

get those that look exotic like those tear drop maximas...

for its health... find those attached firmly to a rock and shuts up forcefully...

tink another thing u gotta take note is whether u can bring them back a not... they r considered hard corals which needs CITES i tink...

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try the webbie below for the ids:

http://www.clamsdirect.com/store/home.php

get those that look exotic like those tear drop maximas...

for its health... find those attached firmly to a rock and shuts up forcefully...

tink another thing u gotta take note is whether u can bring them back a not... they r considered hard corals which needs CITES i tink...

Cannot really see the lights under the street condition. Maybe I will try to touch it and see if it close sharply.

But really how to tell if it is maxima or something else?

Actually I thinking of bring in maybe 3 of them... Sure got one good I guess...

Equipment:

30G Corner Tank with 10G Sump, 2 x 24W artinic T5, 1 x 24W 10K, 1x 24W 20K, 3" Grade 0 sand & Live rocks, Activated Carbon, Bio-home, 2 x Seio M620, Hailea 1/2HP Chiller, Redsea Pro Skimmer

Live Stock:

Turbo Snail x 1, Green Mandarin Dragonet X 2, Blue Tang X 2, True percular x 2, 1 x Algae Bleenie, Clarke clown x 2

Reef:

1 x 2" Blue maxima, Red/Brown/Purple Mushroom (Discosoma), Pink Ricordea yuma, A little colony Brown/Green common Zoanthus, Red/Pink/Green US Zoanthus, Eagle-eye Zoathus, 14 Branch Goniopora Pandoraensis, 1 Starburst Polyps, 3 + 2 Branch Frogspawn, 4 Blasto, palythoa, Cheato

RIPs (Since June 2005):

1. Sabae clown (KO by Clarke clown) 2. 1 branch melted frogspawn 4 branch 3. Golden maxima (Ripe the base off rock by me) 4. Algae Bleenie x 2 (Starvation) 5. Blue Maxima x 1, 2 x Maxima, 1 x frogspawn, rics (Overtemp...)

Old 30G Corner Tank.

Restarted 30G Corner Tank.

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By the way, most are blue or purple, very few brown. Cannot see whether tear drop or not as they are not fully opened.

Equipment:

30G Corner Tank with 10G Sump, 2 x 24W artinic T5, 1 x 24W 10K, 1x 24W 20K, 3" Grade 0 sand & Live rocks, Activated Carbon, Bio-home, 2 x Seio M620, Hailea 1/2HP Chiller, Redsea Pro Skimmer

Live Stock:

Turbo Snail x 1, Green Mandarin Dragonet X 2, Blue Tang X 2, True percular x 2, 1 x Algae Bleenie, Clarke clown x 2

Reef:

1 x 2" Blue maxima, Red/Brown/Purple Mushroom (Discosoma), Pink Ricordea yuma, A little colony Brown/Green common Zoanthus, Red/Pink/Green US Zoanthus, Eagle-eye Zoathus, 14 Branch Goniopora Pandoraensis, 1 Starburst Polyps, 3 + 2 Branch Frogspawn, 4 Blasto, palythoa, Cheato

RIPs (Since June 2005):

1. Sabae clown (KO by Clarke clown) 2. 1 branch melted frogspawn 4 branch 3. Golden maxima (Ripe the base off rock by me) 4. Algae Bleenie x 2 (Starvation) 5. Blue Maxima x 1, 2 x Maxima, 1 x frogspawn, rics (Overtemp...)

Old 30G Corner Tank.

Restarted 30G Corner Tank.

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Wow sei so cheap ah??$5 apiece???? :yeah:

Try look for those tat bases r attach to a rock.. ;)

Since u r using T5 onli n i assume its HO type,try putting e clam high up near e surface so tat they can get more lgts....Tats wat im doing now,im using T5 HO lgt onli n its growing... :D

Actually I can bring in more even 10 if they have. But I just afraid Singapore custom confiscate if too many...

Equipment:

30G Corner Tank with 10G Sump, 2 x 24W artinic T5, 1 x 24W 10K, 1x 24W 20K, 3" Grade 0 sand & Live rocks, Activated Carbon, Bio-home, 2 x Seio M620, Hailea 1/2HP Chiller, Redsea Pro Skimmer

Live Stock:

Turbo Snail x 1, Green Mandarin Dragonet X 2, Blue Tang X 2, True percular x 2, 1 x Algae Bleenie, Clarke clown x 2

Reef:

1 x 2" Blue maxima, Red/Brown/Purple Mushroom (Discosoma), Pink Ricordea yuma, A little colony Brown/Green common Zoanthus, Red/Pink/Green US Zoanthus, Eagle-eye Zoathus, 14 Branch Goniopora Pandoraensis, 1 Starburst Polyps, 3 + 2 Branch Frogspawn, 4 Blasto, palythoa, Cheato

RIPs (Since June 2005):

1. Sabae clown (KO by Clarke clown) 2. 1 branch melted frogspawn 4 branch 3. Golden maxima (Ripe the base off rock by me) 4. Algae Bleenie x 2 (Starvation) 5. Blue Maxima x 1, 2 x Maxima, 1 x frogspawn, rics (Overtemp...)

Old 30G Corner Tank.

Restarted 30G Corner Tank.

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Can ta bao 1 for me !? :)

Ha Ha MaxStar81;

You think kopi-O.

I try lah, bcos I coming back 22rd and I will go to LFS on the way to airport. If they have enuf on that day itself, I try to get as many as possible.

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Equipment:

30G Corner Tank with 10G Sump, 2 x 24W artinic T5, 1 x 24W 10K, 1x 24W 20K, 3" Grade 0 sand & Live rocks, Activated Carbon, Bio-home, 2 x Seio M620, Hailea 1/2HP Chiller, Redsea Pro Skimmer

Live Stock:

Turbo Snail x 1, Green Mandarin Dragonet X 2, Blue Tang X 2, True percular x 2, 1 x Algae Bleenie, Clarke clown x 2

Reef:

1 x 2" Blue maxima, Red/Brown/Purple Mushroom (Discosoma), Pink Ricordea yuma, A little colony Brown/Green common Zoanthus, Red/Pink/Green US Zoanthus, Eagle-eye Zoathus, 14 Branch Goniopora Pandoraensis, 1 Starburst Polyps, 3 + 2 Branch Frogspawn, 4 Blasto, palythoa, Cheato

RIPs (Since June 2005):

1. Sabae clown (KO by Clarke clown) 2. 1 branch melted frogspawn 4 branch 3. Golden maxima (Ripe the base off rock by me) 4. Algae Bleenie x 2 (Starvation) 5. Blue Maxima x 1, 2 x Maxima, 1 x frogspawn, rics (Overtemp...)

Old 30G Corner Tank.

Restarted 30G Corner Tank.

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Cannot really see the lights under the street condition. Maybe I will try to touch it and see if it close sharply.

But really how to tell if it is maxima or something else?

Actually I thinking of bring in maybe 3 of them... Sure got one good I guess...

some traits for id is the overall shape n the shell shape... for e.g. crocrea has a smoother shell surface than a maxima :)

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