New Squamosa

I do a lot of voluntary work at my favourite LFS. As a present the manager gave me a young squamosa clam yesterday afternoon. :)















I find the shape of its shell to be pretty interesting. The large scutes seem to be home to a number of amphipods (But luckily, no pyramid snails!). As far as eyesight goes it seems to be more sensitive than the maxima because it reacts as soon as anyone enters the room.



I was worried last night because the squamosa was upset by the antics of my fish and its incurrent siphon opened right up (To the point where I could clearly see the gills)...not helped by my idiotic midas blenny grabbing huge mouthfuls of substrate and repeatedly spitting it everywhere. This morning the clam seems to have relaxed: the siphon is back to normal and the mantle is extending nicely.



The squamosa is pretty firmly attached to a small piece of live rock. The general consensus seems to be that they are sand dwellers so I buried the rock under the substrate.



Water parameters were tested at the weekend, they should have improved with the water change I did before introducing the clam.



Specific gravity: 1.026

PH: 8.0

Ammonia: 0.5

Nitrite: 0

Nitrate: 0.5

Phosphate: 0

KH: 14.7

Calcium: 500

Magnesium: 1380



Tankmates are:



2x True percula clownfish

1x Blue devil damselfish

1x Midas blenny

1x Banded serpent starfish

2x Nassarius snails

2x Banded trochus snails

4x Turban snails

1x Blue hermit crab

1x Baby gold maxima clam

2x Rose bubble tip anemones

1x Green/blue mini carpet anemone

1x Kenya tree

1x Sarcophyton

2x Trumpet corals

1x Green/purple zoanthid frag

1x Green ricordea

1x Green hairy mushroom

1x Purple favia

1x Unknown leather frag

1x Rock of green star polyps

And lots of xenia.



I was wondering if there was anything I may have missed that I should know about squamosa clams? Any and all advice is greatly appreciated.