Unboxing Diver's Den order

Coralsdaily · Sep 17, 2020

Documenting my Diver's Den order~

piranhaman00 · Sep 18, 2020

"Do not allow shipping water to enter tank" as you dip your hand into the bucket and place a nem (full of shipping water) into tank lol. I would not recommend drip acclimating anything either, can lead to ammonia spike in water.

Cool video

takes away my need to order something now lol

Kryptonian · Sep 18, 2020

You're a lucky man. Fedex was 30 minutes late..... They're normally 24-30 HOURS late for me.

PicassoClown04 · Sep 18, 2020

Can you post pics of the clam you got vs the clam pic they sold you online? Been looking for a clam and DD seems to have some pretty ones but I’m always scared of color editing and don’t wanna drop $100 on a brown clam. Also, did that anemone attach?

vetteguy53081 · Sep 18, 2020

Acclimate well. Float and pour out bag and contents into a clean bucket and drip or add a cup of tank water every 15 minutes 8x
Check salinity in bucket before introducing to tank

Alchameth · Sep 18, 2020

Just add a few drops of something like Prime and ammonia isn't a problem for the drip time. That's what I do, and most the fish I've gotten shipped are back to normal in a few hours. I do 30-45 minute light acclimation too.

piranhaman00 · Sep 18, 2020

Alchameth said:
Just add a few drops of something like Prime and ammonia isn't a problem for the drip time. That's what I do, and most the fish I've gotten shipped are back to normal in a few hours. I do 30-45 minute light acclimation too.

Good call

Coralsdaily · Sep 18, 2020

piranhaman00 said:
"Do not allow shipping water to enter tank" as you dip your hand into the bucket and place a nem (full of shipping water) into tank lol. I would not recommend drip acclimating anything either, can lead to ammonia spike in water.

Cool video takes away my need to order something now lol

haha well you know what I mean about not allowing the shipping water into tank water.
And why would you not recommend drip acclimation? How do you acclimate if you don't mind sharing?

Coralsdaily · Sep 18, 2020

Kryptonian said:
You're a lucky man. Fedex was 30 minutes late..... They're normally 24-30 HOURS late for me.

I think they noticed I have the Ring Camera on, probably had special training, otherwise they normally toss boxes.

piranhaman00 · Sep 18, 2020

stevenliu9 said:
haha well you know what I mean about not allowing the shipping water into tank water.
And why would you not recommend drip acclimation? How do you acclimate if you don't mind sharing?

It’s just the shipping water is exposed to oxygen and potentially making ammonia more lethal.

You clearly know what you are doing though, beautiful tank, keep doing what you do haha[/QUOTE]

joseserrano · Sep 18, 2020

footgal said:
Can you post pics of the clam you got vs the clam pic they sold you online? Been looking for a clam and DD seems to have some pretty ones but I’m always scared of color editing and don’t wanna drop $100 on a brown clam. Also, did that anemone attach?

Don’t think anyone imports brown clams. Most clams are going to be blue or a light green.

Coralsdaily · Sep 18, 2020

footgal said:
Can you post pics of the clam you got vs the clam pic they sold you online? Been looking for a clam and DD seems to have some pretty ones but I’m always scared of color editing and don’t wanna drop $100 on a brown clam. Also, did that anemone attach?

I will post the pic of the clam as soon as it is fully acclimated and open. I also will say that my lighting is a lot more "blue" vs. Divers Den's photo, which I believe is taken at a much warmer color temperature.

Coralsdaily · Sep 18, 2020

joseserrano said:
Don’t think anyone imports brown clams. Most clams are going to be blue or a light green.

The clam I got looked like a bright yellow on DD's page, but viewing under my (very blue) lighting the gold isn't as pronounced, but am surprised to find a pinkish hue on the part that appeared green/brown on the original photo.

joseserrano · Sep 18, 2020

stevenliu9 said:
The clam I got looked like a bright yellow on DD's page, but viewing under my (very blue) lighting the gold isn't as pronounced, but am surprised to find a pinkish hue on the part that appeared green/brown on the original photo.

Clans are not great looking under actinics

Coralsdaily · Sep 18, 2020

joseserrano said:
Clans are not great looking under actinics

I think it depends on the color. I agree the blue ones typically don't look pretty under actinic color. But you may be surprised by some of the darker morphs.

joseserrano · Sep 18, 2020

stevenliu9 said:
I think it depends on the color. I agree the blue ones typically don't look pretty under actinic color. But you may be surprised by some of the darker morphs.

I have a friend who imports clams (clamania) and visit the other La importer Fairly frequently, but we all have our preferences