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Tridacna maxima, light loving?

April 26, 2017light Loving maxima tridacna

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Tridacna maxima, light loving?

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Hello Crew, <> I have a question about my 2 maxima clams. <> They are placed about six inches from the top of the aquarium, as they are bright blue. I read the brighter blue they were the more light they required. <> They look good until after the lights have been on for approximately 1 hour then they begin to gape slightly. My theory was a PH drop, however PH holds and dKH is 10. <> We have had them for about 6 weeks. They were bought from a LFS after holding them for us for 2 weeks. They had been kept under T5’s at the store. They were transported home and acclimated over the course of 1.5 hours or so by slowly adding our water to the bag. We did not quarantine them due to PC lighting in the QT tank. I have orde