I guess "beauty is in the eyes of the beholder."
Nice those look like Okinawan croceas! Jealous of the maximas and gigas. Can’t get gigas hereThese are the clams I got from ORA yesterday. 5 Crocea clams that are about 1 inch and 4 Maxima clams that are about 3 inches. Plus 4 Gigas that are about 5 inches. Many thanks to Ali from Amazing Aquariums & Reefs, and to Jordan from ORA. I really have not seen Crocea this beautiful for years. The Maxima are no slouch either. The Gigas are usual Gigas.
Too bad they are not all mine.
Crocea
Maxima
Gugas
Nice! I was at Ali’s a couple of weeks ago and he had some really nice maximas, both ORA and Aussie wild caught. There was a super cool green maxima that I wanted, but didn’t have any $$ on me at the time. I was hoping for croceas, so I might have to see if he has any left? Those croceas are awesome!I was mighty close to having the ultimate Crocea.
That’s great! I’m glad they have crocea again, I’ve been waiting for some small ones for a while. Next time I’m in, I’ll mention your name to Ali. I’m sure I talked to you on the phone when I worked at Tropicorium in the 90’s. I remember shipping clams and coral packs on a weekly basis. Those were fun days.
I order from Tropicorium in the 90’s. Clams and corals. It is likely that you pack shipment to me in Seattle at the time.
I guess "beauty is in the eyes of the beholder."
I value the interesting pattern, the multiple colors of green, blue purple, gold, black....
I would pick mine over your's any time.
But that is why I am me and you are you.
Clams like these are the ultimate Crocea IMO, not uniform florescent blue.
I'd pick those too, but those aren't yours!
been keeping clams here since 1990. I'm sure you have kept them longer given your prior comments, lol
not a huge fan of the dark blue with metallic little dots as on the outside of these. Most usually see that in grade B clams. Give me solid turquoise any day.I was mighty close to having the ultimate Crocea.
To each his own.
I didn't invent the grading system. And I didn't call them grade B...I was just comparing some of their features to the more inexpensive clams. Sheesh! Hope your clams don't need therapy now! lol
Totally agree! I want a hippopus, but haven't seen them available in a long time, hopefully that will change soon?I’ll never understand grades on clams… they’re all beautiful in their own ways! It’s like fish, why throw a grade on a fish when they’re all special.
Anyway, here’s my Maxi and Deresa.
You start to have a clam collection. But two Derasa? I thought you were worry that one will bust your tank.
Brought this derasa home on Sunday evening and it didn’t have any growth on the shell, but under the right conditions for a few days I have 2.5mm of new growth.
Just one derasa for now. I have two maximas and one noae in my main display. I'll will most likely upgrade to the IM 150ext in a year or two, so I have time once I move the derasa to my 90g. I'm going to add two croceas to my mangrove lagoon, especially now that ORA has small ones available. Then I'll add a hippopus to the main display when I find one. Hopefully I can find another noae in the future? I wish I would've picked up one of the noae's from the batch you bought from, those were some killer deals/clams.You start to have a clam collection. But two Derasa? I thought you were worry that one will bust your tank.
