Let's see your clams

uall8up · Mar 24, 2012

Here are some pics of my lil newbie

Reef Breeders · Mar 24, 2012

I wish that I still had mine, he died one day for an unknown reason :( I plan on getting more, and some plate corals to fill the void of my empty sand bed. You have a pretty cool gold deresa

uall8up · Mar 25, 2012

thank you so much!!!

CardsFan · Mar 25, 2012

Nice clam buddy for sure make sure you feed it to keep that pretty guy alive!

capt85 · Mar 25, 2012

Here is what mine used to look like. It's lost alot of it's gold in the past year though.

skinz78 · Mar 25, 2012

uall8up said:
Here are some pics of my lil newbie

Nice looking gold Maxima clam!

anemonekeeper said:
I wish that I still had mine, he died one day for an unknown reason :( I plan on getting more, and some plate corals to fill the void of my empty sand bed. You have a pretty cool gold deresa

It's actually a Maxima, Derasa's have smooth shells with no scutes are aren't usually found in this color/pattern.

CardsFan said:
Nice clam buddy for sure make sure you feed it to keep that pretty guy alive!

Clams don't need fed, just need lots of light and ammonia to keep them going.

Giancarlo · Mar 25, 2012

When they are young I would have to disagree with the comment that they do not need to be fed. Check out wet web media dot com, they have great info to help you keep your clam alive and healthy. That is a beautiful clam and deserves proper care/research.

Saltgator · Mar 25, 2012

Squamosa and Desera

BTW.... never had fed them a drop, even when younger, ++++++100 to skinz

dsmhero · Mar 25, 2012

Giancarlo said:
When they are young I would have to disagree with the comment that they do not need to be fed. Check out wet web media dot com, they have great info to help you keep your clam alive and healthy. That is a beautiful clam and deserves proper care/research.

Wrong. If you read farther down in this Advanced Aquarist article you will find that provided with enough light, maximas of any size does NOT need to be fed.

Aquarium Invertebrates: A Look at the Giant Clam Tridacna maxima — Advanced Aquarist | Aquarist Magazine and Blog

skinz78 · Mar 25, 2012

Giancarlo said:
When they are young I would have to disagree with the comment that they do not need to be fed. Check out wet web media dot com, they have great info to help you keep your clam alive and healthy. That is a beautiful clam and deserves proper care/research.

I've had lots of clams over the years so I think I have seen first hand what works and what doesn't. Some of those study's were paid for by the very company's that sell phyto, etc that is said to be needed to be fed to clams...