Clams!!!!

[garylee2112]

Hello everyone!
I am fairly new to the saltwater hobby but I have set up a reef tank for around 3 months now and I have fell in love with it. From day 1, I've always wanted a clam and i'm wondering which kind of clam would be the easiest to keep? The only problem with my system is that I have a very low powered fluval led light system. All my parameters are in check, however, and I am wondering if light is the most important factor to clam keeping. Thanks!

 

[El Dude]

Welcome Gary Lee. Clams need a stable, mature system. They require reef quality water parameters(high alkalinity, calcium, magnesium) and intense lighting. I would invest in quality test kits and focus on maintaining stable water parameters for at least a few more months before you consider a clam. On that note, a derasa clam would be my recommendation for a good "starter" clam. Start an intro thread on the welcome mat and tell us about your system and post pics. Also tell us more about this LED lighting you have...

 

[garylee2112]

Thanks for the reply El Dude. Right now I use Elos test kits to test for Calcium, nitrate, Magnesium and Phosphate. I have an API test kit for high alkalinity. Is there anything you'd recommend to test for? Thanks though, i'll wait a couple more months then to attempt a clam. I wanted to get onto the whole LED craze in reef keeping but all the LED systems were WAY too expensive so I decided to get a cheaper alternative which was a Fluval LED Marine system. It's said to be 25000K and so far its doing an alright job at keeping my zooanthids, GSP and other soft corals alive.

 

[Rrocky]

I've been lookin into clams too...seems like just like everything else out there...stable params but intense lighting!