I have a feeling it might actually be your nitrites, personally I run my nitrates at about 7-15 ppm and I have always had great coloration on them (including some fantastic color ups on clams I brought in later). Do you ever dose phylo or small particulate food?
Levi
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Originally Posted by bignose
Sorry Myka I must have missed your message while I was typing another.
The tank is 18" deep, light fixture is 4" from the water and the Clam is 4" from the water surface(moved from 8" yesterday).
Ammonia, Nitrates, Nitrites: 0
pH: 7.8
KH: 90
Ca: 480
Sal: 1.027 (making RO water right now)
Temp: 80F
I don't have the Kent bottle with the clam on it anymore but I beleive it was phytoplex.
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