Clams at the Farm

[PacificEastAquaculture]

Our partner sent some pics of cultured clams awaiting export to us from the farm. Once international flights resume we will be bringing in cultured Maximas and Deresas plus wild collected Noae, Squamosa, and Maxima.

Definitely looks like lots of nice colors!

 

[1000rrstunna]

Wow so beautiful.

 

[DonTavo27]

;Drool

 

[Copingwithpods]

Wow, gorgeous, I want one

 

[Tamberav]

Wish I had that job right now....

 

[Fishnut]

Can’t wait to try another Squamosa.

 

[homer1475]

I need a blue maxima, but for the life of me I cannot keep them alive.

I have a run of the mill squammy, that I've had for years. He's dang near bulletproof, but maximas just die.

 

[PacificEastAquaculture]

The cultured clams are now 2+ inches. No issues with them at that size. No, they don't need supplemental feeding.

Here's a pic at the farm when they are smaller.

 

[PacificEastAquaculture]

Couple more pics from the clam farm that my partner sent today.

The great news is that a flight is coming into the islands and they had limited cargo space available on the outbound flight and we were able to reserve space for the clams. Scheduled to arrive next Friday.

 

[PacificEastAquaculture]

Blue Squamosa

Black & White Maxima

 

[Overboard]

Those are both really nice!

 

[vanpire]

Blue Squamosa

Black & White Maxima

Those are gorgeous.

 

[reef lover]

More pics of the blue squammy??

 

[PacificEastAquaculture]

More pics of the blue squammy??

These pics are at the farm, once they arrive by me I'll take better pics.

 

[reef lover]

Sounds good! Been waiting to find some blues...keep me in the loop!

 

[PacificEastAquaculture]

Getting ready for our shipment of clams from the farm. Substrate and containers have been sterilized. I'm going to try some natural cradles, oyster and scallop shells. The oyster shells have a concave shape so the cultured clams should fit in them nicely. The scallop shells have a slightly concave shape or are flat and those will work well for the larger wild collected clams. As usual, the shell of each clam will be scrubbed upon arrival at our facility. I got on the guys at the farm to scrub the clams there because some had arrived to me with some Pyramid snails in the last shipment. So hopefully they cleaned them well, then with our cleaning and inspection the clams will go into their cradles and should attach within a day or two. In about 6-7 days they all should be attached when it's time to photograph them. The clams do color up or change in color considerably after they first arrive by us, a process that usually takes about 6-7 days. My plan is to ship the clams in their cradle, we'll see how these shells work out.

 

[reef lover]

Excited !

 

[PacificEastAquaculture]

Earlier today I put this shell under a Squamosa and it's already attached firmly.

 

[reef lover]

Will you be worried much about punctures in the bag during transit??

 

[hart24601]

I am curious about shipping as well. I have had clams shipped, not from you, that were attached to larger items that detached in shipping and then bounced around hitting the clam in the bag.