Lets see those CLAM photos! Clams that you have, had, or even photographed.

[xjiang7]

Ah. Yeah, that would be a little concerning. I'm not overly worried about the derasa that it's in with. I've had it for a couple of years now but it's nothing spectacular. Would still suck to lose either of them, but I'd be a little more worried if I had some expensive clams in the system already. I feel relatively safe as it was a cultured specimen.

Yeah derasa is by far the most resistant to diseases. Maybe DD has been aware of the situation and taken actions to correct that.

 

[OrionN]

My T. noae. Wild caught from Viet Nam. Acclimated and growing agian in my tank. Full of Pyramid parasites when I first got him. I wore an article on how to deal with Pyramid parasitic snails with this guy. Link below:

How I deal with Pyram snails, the Giant Clam parasitic snails.

Parasitic snails in the family Pyramidellidae, commonly known by reefers as Pyram snails, is one of the major reasons why new clam keepers who do not know about these parasites cannot keep Giant clams for any length of time. Infestation of these tiny snails in our aquarium will wipe out the...

www.reef2reef.com

Begin of 8/8/2020

Today,about 6 weeks later on 9/18/2020

 

[xjiang7]

Got these two blue squamosas from a LFS in Chicago, and a derasa I have kept for 2 years

 

[Jeffcb]

That's what its all about!

 

[OrionN]

Keep us updated and let us know if it is safe to buy from there again lol

Never knew it wasn't safe. I've historically had really good luck with DD. What was/is going on that made them unsafe to buy from?

I personally had not buy clams from DD before after I read many horror stories of how a sick clam from DD wiped out the entire clam collection. It’s a while since though. You can search it in the forum

Ah. Yeah, that would be a little concerning. I'm not overly worried about the derasa that it's in with. I've had it for a couple of years now but it's nothing spectacular. Would still suck to lose either of them, but I'd be a little more worried if I had some expensive clams in the system already. I feel relatively safe as it was a cultured specimen.

This a very nice Ultra Crocea that was offer on sale on DD today (10/8/2020). I feel a little sad that such a clam was offer for sale. To me, this picture scream PMD. This is so easy to treat. The clam need to be treat prior to put for sale, especially on DD.
I love clams, and always looks at the clams that was put for sale by DD almost everyday. Lately, I have seen so many clams that are not healthy put up for sale. I don't think whoever in charge of clams at DD right now is very knowledgeable about clams.

 

[xjiang7]

This a very nice Ultra Crocea that was offer on sale on DD today (10/8/2020). I feel a little sad that such a clam was offer for sale. To me, this picture scream PMD. This is so easy to treat. The clam need to be treat prior to put for sale, especially on DD.
I love clams, and always looks at the clams that was put for sale by DD almost everyday. Lately, I have seen so many clams that are not healthy put up for sale. I don't think whoever in charge of clams at DD right now is very knowledgeable about clams.

I do the same, they had some nice blue spotted squamosas for sale few days ago too

 

[Acroporaguy]

T. crocea from Vietnam. Love this little one!

 

[jshep13]

Crocea ultra that I picked up a couple of weeks ago.

 

[UnderseaOddities]

@skinz78 I wanna get into clams but theyre so dang expensive local retailers sell them for 100$ an inch(2 in 200$ 3 in #300 5 in $499 etc) if i paid to play and got over being a penny pincher on livestock ORA offers 2in cocea for 79$online but theyre always out of stock... they are so cool ive always admired bivalve triton aquatic has one the size of a wheelbarell a true marvel i envy them(maybe not if this jumbo thing feels froggy and trys to serenade a tank full of its love juice lol. .imagine having this big momma in ur system(not mine btw stole off a post on reebuilders doing research one day

 

[Topekoms]

One of mine

 

[UnderseaOddities]

One of mine

@Topekoms shes a beaut where would be the cheapest place for me to cop a small one... (r2r(rare,online auction(hatdly ever sell clams)

 

[outerbank]

@skinz78 I wanna get into clams but theyre so dang expensive local retailers sell them for 100$ an inch(2 in 200$ 3 in #300 5 in $499 etc) if i paid to play and got over being a penny pincher on livestock ORA offers 2in cocea for 79$online but theyre always out of stock... they are so cool ive always admired bivalve triton aquatic has one the size of a wheelbarell a true marvel i envy them(maybe not if this jumbo thing feels froggy and trys to serenade a tank full of its love juice lol. .imagine having this big momma in ur system(not mine btw stole off a post on reebuilders doing research one day

Gigas clams make great central displays in any tank! They are not the most colorful but I love their mantle, shell shape, and size.

 

[Tcook]

 

[Tcook]

 

[drblakjak55]

Gotta love clams. I do have a question for the folks who feed fish frozen clam on or off the shell. Do we teach them to eat our Maximas?

 

[anth]

Looked at this thread a lot so heres my contribution. I have 2 maximas purchased at the same time around 6 months ago. One of them has struggled since day one, looks a bit like pmd but all over. The other is very healthy.

 

[DHill6]

Mimosa, growing well. Hard to capture teal stripes throughout center. Blue and tan.

 

[Magnus042]

A pic from a trip to the GBR.. how many can you spot?

 

[Tom Giddens]

This a very nice Ultra Crocea that was offer on sale on DD today (10/8/2020). I feel a little sad that such a clam was offer for sale. To me, this picture scream PMD. This is so easy to treat. The clam need to be treat prior to put for sale, especially on DD.
I love clams, and always looks at the clams that was put for sale by DD almost everyday. Lately, I have seen so many clams that are not healthy put up for sale. I don't think whoever in charge of clams at DD right now is very knowledgeable about clams.

How do you treat PM ?

 

[OrionN]

My three new Maxima from "Our Pick" bright blue Maxima clams from Dr. Mac at PEA. One of my friend will choose one of the three and the other two are mine.