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Re: Hi everybody! (none / 0) (#5)
by guppylover427 on Fri Jul 20, 2007 at 09:40:02 PM PST

Good news is, one of my mom's clients have a son who is one heck of marine aquarist. He owns a 300 GALLON REEF AQUARIUM. It's custom made and a person could fit in it! I'll be meeting sometime after our trip to santa cruz. He works over at the local aquactic pets and he'll probably be my rescource person. I've been studying reeef aquariums and I think I'll get the hang of it. I have already decided on certain coral, anemone, and fish that will all get along. It's hard to believe the only reason my mom wants this tank is so she can get a clam she found at the pet store. I'm still looking or a good deal on a 30 gallon or more tank (not to mention where in the world we'll put it). all the fish we'll be getting should benefit from the reef and vice versa.
What? Were you expecting something funny?

I have to smile when I think about your Mom's (none / 1) (#6)
by unclescott on Sat Jul 21, 2007 at 05:56:01 AM PST

interest in a clam. I'm assuming that it is a salt water clam. :) (In Illinois one is on safer ground legally if they have a marine clam rather than an illegal freshwater clam.) As you undoubtedly know, they are a little tricky to feed, but the marine ones in a reef set-up sometimes also have symbiotic algae (zooxanthellae) within their mantle which photosynthesize and provide another source of food.

Is the clam in question the Tridacna gigas, the giant clam or one of their 7 relatives in the genus? I'm sure it would take a lot of time but they are the planet's largest living bivalve mollusk. They can even grow to 200 KG or 440 Lbs and extend 1.5 meters or 5 feet across.

The one in the shop is probably "farm raised." The wild ones are endangered. They are amazingly long-lived. One source suggests that their life expectancy was 146 years and there is one recorded at 160!

No wonder your Mother wants you to buy in on the project. ;)

I'm really pleased that you have a mentor for your reef tank. That can be really helpful in any aspect of the aquarium hobby. With reefs, certainly one of the most technical specialties, that becomes even more important.

A couple of years from now, go back and take a look at a couple of your first GL posts. You will be amazed by how you have changed as an aquarist. :)

All the best!

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