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Posted: February 18 2009 at 9:31pm |
Can you keep this fish in a 120?  I have been told yes and no.  I want this fish SOOOOOOO bad!
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Posted: February 18 2009 at 11:45pm |
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IME yes. Make sure there is enough room for it to swim in and out of the rocks. It will eventually outgrow that size tank though.
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Posted: February 23 2009 at 5:19pm |
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It will eventually outgrow that size tank though. |
So, it could (should?) be no then, without knowing how big the fish is to begin with.
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Posted: February 23 2009 at 5:20pm |
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It would be yes you can keep it in a 120 but not permanently.
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Posted: February 23 2009 at 5:45pm |
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But that is why I won't get a clam. I believe I could keep one since I have two hitch hiker mussels that have been living in my tank since day one. But I know that one day I would just have to sell it because it would get too big for my tank. We would have it just long enough to get attached and then would have to sell it or trade it for a smaller one.
So, I just say NO!
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Posted: February 23 2009 at 5:51pm |
The question wasn't whether or not you would get attached it was whether or not you can keep it.   So I would say conditionally yes 
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Posted: February 23 2009 at 6:28pm |
IdahoReef wrote:
But that is why I won't get a clam. I believe I could keep one since I have two hitch hiker mussels that have been living in my tank since day one. But I know that one day I would just have to sell it because it would get too big for my tank. We would have it just long enough to get attached and then would have to sell it or trade it for a smaller one.
So, I just say NO!
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There is an easy solution.
BUY A BIGGER TANK!!! 
You don't expect newly weds to buy a big house just cause they want to have kids, do you? Would you say that people can't have kids because they don't have enough room? NO, people usually start with a small house or appartment and as they need more room they get a bigger place to live.
The same can be said for keeping fish.
I have put plenty of fish/corals in a tank that is "too small" for them at "full size". But guess what, growing takes time and when they are "too big" for the tank that is "too small" there is always the option to put them in a bigger tank.
TWICE I have bought a bigger tank to give my fish the room they need to keep growing and be happy. Most recently a 210g for a puffer that is 7" long. Was he "too big" for the 125g he was in before? Not really. Is he happy to have more room? Very. 
Maybe none of us should have corals at all because they don't have a Max Size and will eventually outgrow all of our tanks... we are so irresponsible...
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Posted: February 23 2009 at 8:58pm |
Eva, You two are going to need to get a bigger house soon because you'll need more room for bigger tanks, not kids. 
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Posted: February 23 2009 at 9:14pm |
Will Spencer wrote:
Eva, You two are going to need to get a bigger house soon because you'll need more room for bigger tanks, not kids. |
There is a reason we bought a twin home Now all we have to do is get rid of the neighbors... 
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Posted: February 23 2009 at 9:30pm |
Great idea! 
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Posted: February 23 2009 at 11:14pm |
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IF you are planning to rehome the fish when it is large and be committed to buying a appropriate sized one for your tank than yes, but really my answer is no.
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Posted: February 23 2009 at 11:26pm |
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I would agree with cl2ysta1, if you don't already have plans for a larger tank, it is gets to big, so you should not purchase it.
Steven,
You can keep a crocea clam in your tank without any problems, it will not outgrow the tank, but once it is full sized (about 9 inches) you will not have room for much of anything else
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Posted: February 24 2009 at 6:15am |
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i've had a bunchc of crocea clams for YEARS... none of them are over 4 inches or so... but a squamosa we purchases at the same time is about 14 inches!
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Posted: February 24 2009 at 11:43am |
I say get it, then you have plans for getting another big tank. But thats just me, you know let everyone get attached to the nice fish and then when it grows to big say well I am taking the fish in to be traded and when everyone complains, hey now you can get a new tank. Sounds like a great plan to me 
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Posted: February 24 2009 at 12:02pm |
i've got an idea... everyone buy tangs thhat outgrow their tanks.. by the time they are too big for your tank.. my tank will be ready.. and you can all donate them to me..
on my list is.. a red sea sailfin tang
yellow belly hippo tang
blonde naso tang (male and female)
vlamingi tang
dussimer tang
and.. thats it!
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