Adding This Beautiful Tridacna Clam and Tank Updates - Waterbox Cube 20 (No Skimmer)| Blue Reef Tank

[@luizassuncao2881]

Awesome...

[@BlueReefTank]

🙂

[@areyouarobotz]

Very cool cityscape

[@RobBoryckiGolf]

Love water boxes. Love the videography as well mate

[@aslamabraham4555]

Beautiful clam.

[@BlueReefTank]

Thank you Aslam! :)

[@skitf_001]

love this tank! have a great sunday

[@BlueReefTank]

Thanks, you too!

[@anaksreef6878]

Tank is looking beautiful!! 🤩

[@BlueReefTank]

Thank you 😀 Your tank is better than mine!

[@anaksreef6878]

@@BlueReefTank no way! Love yours more haha, thank you though. ❤️❤️❤️

[@anniejefferson4642]

Love them all. My 6 year old maxima hybrid is gorgeous. The squams and drasa. Nuts over clams

[@BlueReefTank]

Wow, never knew there's a hybrid ones. Should post some pictures / videos :D

[@WaterboxAquariums]

Excellent video all around!

[@BlueReefTank]

Thanks Waterbox Team! :)

[@rudra7615]

Knew there was a reason why I subbed. Amazing video, love it when KZbin just drops me a gem like this. You really do have amazing video shooting and editing skills

[@BlueReefTank]

Thank you so much for your kind words :D It's people like you that makes me want to put out more content 😄

[@alexandremueller6236]

beautiful clam! i have an ultra Maxima in my 25g Nano and its just awesome to have! Good luck!

[@BlueReefTank]

Yeah, clam is a great addition to any reef tank 😁

[@thesilentone4024]

Unfortunately it looks as if your clam was glued on that rock if so it probably died by now. But in my experience they set themselves up next to hard rocks without being on them all the way facing the strongest part of the water flow. Yes my young ones moved to strange locations then never moved again. By young I mean I apparently had male and female in the tank and I got a few babies.

[@samwimoe1620]

So beautiful clam, I’m pretty sure that your tank is well maintained. I have a reef tank but I’m really not confident to keep tridacna.. just play with fishes and zoas 😊

[@BlueReefTank]

Its okay to take things slow but steady 😁

[@sailorjbn]

Sir U just got a new subscriber :-)

[@BlueReefTank]

Thank you sir 😉

[@guilhermesantos12345]

👏👏👏

[@rusmircrnojevic4393]

Hi, where did you get the white lid from? I can only find black ones :(

[@BlueReefTank]

Not sure where you're from but I got mine from Bunnings (my local hardware store). It was actually a fly screen for windows

[@whateverfloatsyourboat4586]

Nice clam and the tanks looks gorgeous. I bought a Maxima clam (which was also attached to a frag stone) September last year. In March it moved off the frag stone and "walked" a couple of centimeters to the glass. Since then the mantle is fuller and I see crazy growth. So I'm not removing it. The only thing is that in that spot I cannot clean the glass :-)

[@BlueReefTank]

Wow, that's cool but annoying at the same time 😅 but if it's happy and growing, I would not touch it

[@JT7POV]

if I look for tridacana I only find closed shell models, does this "garden" have a particular name that is open like a carpet?

[@lanx86]

I love your videos mate! tanks look pristine! great job! Are you still culturing pods? if so, would you make a video? :D I'd love to give it a try and your phyto and amphipods videos were great!

[@BlueReefTank]

Thanks mate! Yes I will definitely make a video on that but to be honest, my cultures all crashed and I am looking to restart it at the moment but with lockdown here in Australia, it's hard to get new cultures. Sorry for the delay in getting that video out but I want to make sure that my culture method works before I post it out for everyone to follow 🙂

[@lanx86]

@@BlueReefTank Yes, that's fair! looking forward to hear your findings! *Also ther's a group called 'Aussie Live Marine Food Culturing' in case you're interested. Cheers, Dan

[@BlueReefTank]

@@lanx86 Thanks mate! I will look into that 😁

[@kylepagel9360]

Beautiful tank! What are you running your lights at?

[@ManiacalMangoes]

How’s the clam doing today? Was thinking of getting one for my peninsula 25!

[@BlueReefTank]

My tank crashed recently and I lost a few corals including this clam 😔

[@ManiacalMangoes]

Oh no! What happened? Do you know what led to the crash?

[@settsreef4164]

You have a stunning tank. Plus your video's are great!! May i ask what you use to record them please?

[@BlueReefTank]

Thank you :) The camera body and lense specs is in the video description :)

[@settsreef4164]

@@BlueReefTank thank you.

[@haziqrafi6878]

Can you share what media you put on back sump?

[@BlueReefTank]

I am still using the original media plus a couple of bio balls :)

[@alfst5546]

Nice setup, love the clam👍 Do you ever clean your sand? If yes, how do you clean it?

[@BlueReefTank]

Thanks mate! 🙂 I rarely clean my sand. I rely mostly on my conch snail to vacuum the sand.

[@alexandremueller6236]

@@BlueReefTank Hahahaha same here. my conch is my best cleaner lol. Great video!

[@ashketchup1093]

Do you do water changes?

[@BlueReefTank]

Yes I did, 10-20% weekly

[@richardportelli1983]

How much phyto did you dump in the tank? Love that clam!

[@BlueReefTank]

I dumped about 250ml on my two tank daily 😅

[@richardportelli1983]

@@BlueReefTank is that live phyto? I thought you were meant to dose phyto very sparingly?

[@BlueReefTank]

@@richardportelli1983 yeah that's a live phyto. They can also consume the nitrate & phosphate in the tank. I haven't seen any ill effect on my tank yet and I have been dosing phyto heavily for the last couple of months. I do not recommend people to follow my schedule as I am still experimenting but so far that's my result 🙂

[@richardportelli1983]

@@BlueReefTank did I would say your NPS are consuming it yeah? And now the clam also.

[@BlueReefTank]

@@richardportelli1983 yeah, NPS, Clam, sponge, and coco worms are consuming it, hence why I dose a lot haha

[@uygartanyeri]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@BlueReefTank]

😉👍

[@lukejsmodels2331]

Can a clam survive with just weekly water changes and the occasional phytoplankton dose?

[@user-rk3id2zf8c]

If its big enough they can rely only on photosynthesis, adding phytoplankton never hurts. If you're calcium output isn't that big weekly water change should do.

[@BlueReefTank]

What J said is correct. I try to keep my alkalinity and calcium high by dosing Sodium Bicarbonate and adding Kalkwasser in my ATO reservoir.

[@Moreysreef]

How is the clam doing now? 🤩

[@BlueReefTank]

It's doing great at the moment 😊

[@lorenzospina3174]

😍

[@BlueReefTank]

:D

[@sebastiengrenier2698]

Nice clam! What do you use for drip acclimatation? I need this haha

[@BlueReefTank]

It's called the Innovative Marine Accudrip. You can get them from amazon 🙂

[@sebastiengrenier2698]

@@BlueReefTank you're the best! I'm waiting for the next video 😎🤓

[@xXFUZZYMONK]

How often do you water change and how much?

[@BlueReefTank]

I usually do 10% water change weekly or 20% every forthnight if I don't have time 😀

[@GoLeafs03]

How do u keep ur surface skimmed?

[@BlueReefTank]

I make sure that I don't fill too much water, and that my first filter chamber is not blocked. I had the same issue last time where the water surface is accumulating with dust. All I did was I make sure I don't use a thick filter floss so the water can run through them easily.

[@GoLeafs03]

@@BlueReefTank are u usin intake media basket!?

[@BlueReefTank]

@@GoLeafs03 I was using one of those 3d printed filter cup for a while. I stuffed it up with a thick layer of filter floss thinking that it will provide better filtration. Turns out it's blocking the flow and causes the surface agitation to be very minimal. Not long after that all the dust started floating and as soon as I took out a few layer of the floss, the water started flowing again and the dust is gone too. Hope that helps 🙂

[@GoLeafs03]

@@BlueReefTank yea i havebt set up my tank yet, i did just purchase the intake media basket, hoping it helps wit that lol.

[@BlueReefTank]

@@GoLeafs03 good luck setting it up mate 🙂

[@DinoGooch]

i see that you use no skimmer. would you say a skimmer is not neccessary or you are attempting some sort of challenge without it lol :)

[@BlueReefTank]

For me, skimmer is not necessary for nano tank :) Water changes is more than enough

[@DinoGooch]

@@BlueReefTank how regularly do you do water changes?

[@Anli.dong1207]

@@BlueReefTank wow thank you I thought I was going to have to spend more money on a skimmer that helps a lot thx 🙏

[@ReksBe]

[@BlueReefTank]

Thank you :)

[@user-rk3id2zf8c]

I think the clam should be placed mouth facing the wave maker so it can feed easily. Anyway it will rotate by itself but better save energy growing than rotating haha.

[@BlueReefTank]

It literally just moved itself today facing the wave maker 😅 I was about to move him. Guess I don't need to anymore

[@user-rk3id2zf8c]

@@BlueReefTank I'm happy you considered my advice! Good wish it a happy grow!

[@chrissreef8978]

Love your style of video’s, but please, never take the clam out of the water like that. Clams can’t regulate them selfs when oxygen get’s trapped underneath their mantel and they will die :/ there ways to “burp” them, but in my opinion it’s beter to either show that in a video, or mention the importance of not taking them out of the water.

[@BlueReefTank]

Thanks for the tip mate!