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Johny Mayne - 2012-10-16
Hi ALL! I was wondering if the giant clam can be kept in a large tank. I love clams! Johny L. Mayne

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Jeremy Roche - 2012-10-17
Yes they can but will need a very large tank for a permenant home!
JANIYA WRIGHT - 2012-12-17
Yes but it has to be big.

OldFishMan - 2008-05-13
My Cabbage coral is very easy to care for. I keep a medium current flow across this coral, enough to slightly move the leaves. Lighting in my tank is all normal output fluorescent 6500K, 10,000K, and Actinic. I maintain normal to high water parameters, Calcium 400+ ppm, Magnesium 1300-ppm, Alkalinity 8-11 dkh, I adjust parameters with additives and maintain with Kalkwasser.

Sharon - 2011-01-13
Even though they're gross to feed (you have a fishy smell for the rest of the day, and there's a high probability you didn't feed them all because there is so many), they're actually really cool to look at. I am part of a class and I am studying them. They really produce quickly! And hardy? I checked the solobility in the tank and it was at 40! my teacher and I brought it down from 40, but wow, these things can live just on food or just on light. Both a-sexual and sexual too.

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Anonymous - 2011-01-20
That is cool.

sqwat - 2010-10-25
I bought a small aquacultered purple tip from a lfs he was only 1 inch when I got him 2 years later he is now 6 inches and beautiful I don't over skim my water and he is under ho 24 inch t5's on the bottom of my 16 gallon nano I think getting him at such a small size was an advantage because he was not taken from the wild his great great grandparents from the 1990's were I do not feed him directly he gets left overs and food missed by my fish and other corals I have seen many of these in lfs sick and not looking healthy at all so I never purchased one but I never see one this small b4 so I thought I would have a better chance with him. I also keep a mandarin in the tank no problems maybe lucky or he knows better and I have had the mandarin for 3 years. I think the adult wild collected ones are too beat up to try to keep but if you come across a tiny one that has never been in the ocean in good health I think you have a better chance of a long life since the are so beautiful. I also don't over skim that might have a big part of my success and I also use natural sea water in my tanks I collect myself I feel sorry for any reefer who can't do this it makes reefing so much easier and your corals so much healthier I do 20% water change with screened and chemically prefiltered natural seawater. You just can't collect the water after a rain storm you must wait 3 days. I hope this can help you guys cause the elegance is by FAR the best looking lps even under 10,000 k lights no atinics needed to make them glow but you still need them anyway.

saltypaul - 2011-02-01
Fast grower, easy to take care for, easy to frag....

Jordan - 2008-08-06
I have to disagree with Ben's opinion, this coral is a great piece to have in your reef. It is amazing to watch, the individual polyps open and close simetaneously. Although, I do agree that it is a fast grower, but you can prune it every so often and either sell the frags (which will grow into a whole new coral) or give them away to people just starting a reef or to fellow aquarists. Xenia is a great coral for a beginner or an experienced aquarist.

dave decarli - 2012-04-28
boy i have to tell you that was well said easy to understand. i have learned alot about this coral. thanks now i know what im in for when i get one.

Dustin Franckey - 2006-09-07
I bought a small piece of green star with about 10 polyps on it. I bought it about a month and a half ago and now I have almost doubled the amount of polyps and it's already starting to encrust the rock I put it on. Gave me confidence as this is my 1st addition for my reef tank.

Donita - 2011-07-17
I find lots of info mentioning the brown manjoram anemone, but no real solution. Yes being proactive with quarantine is good, but doesn't solve the problem if they sneak in anyway and start to reproduce..

still looking for a solution to rid them...

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Clarice Brough - 2011-07-18
There's a link in this article above to help with this... It's under "Potential Problems" and takes you to a page with information on how to get rid of pest anemones! Check it out!

Joseph mcilvenna - 2012-02-15
You should add how to protect soft and hard coral but, it is good even without.

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