Looking for Clams

[Asagi]

Wow, no clams to be found. I recently purchased from Pacific East Aquaculture, so i know what they have, but nobody else has anything. Looking for the impossible to find squamosa of course. Never should have sold mine off prior to relocating. Will not buy from Clam Mania, so that's not an option. Anyone got any leads.

 

[beesnreefs]

Why won’t you buy from Clam Mania? I’ve been looking at their stock which is why I’m curious

 

[Asagi]

Why won’t you buy from Clam Mania? I’ve been looking at their stock which is why I’m curious

They appear to keep all different species of tridacna piled on top of each other in the same system. I have no idea how they control bacterial infections, but it appears to be working.

 

[Asagi]

You boys not lookin for clams?!

 

[Scorpius]

You boys not lookin for clams?!

It's hard to find anything anywhere right now. Welcome to the new USA. May the odds be ever in your favor.

 

[ManWithAClam]

been looking for a squamosa too, just waiting for my LFS to get one since they're hard to come by these days bigger than a couple inches, have you checked out biota? they have squamosa clams, they're quite small though (2" - 3") and some big derasas, little pricey though. https://shop.thebiotagroup.com/collections/cultured-clams-invertebrates

 

[MartinM]

They are tough to get even from Okinawa now, I have an LFS owner who goes directly to the clam farms for importing, other than that, nothing, not even from Tonga. It’s also not clam season yet, they don’t ship them during the winter usually.

 

[kevgib67]

East Pacific Aquaculture had thread on here a month or so ago for different clams. I inquired about when they would have squamosa clams available. They said this spring and they would be about 2”-3”.

 

[MartinM]

Clams have really lost a lot of popularity in the US also because everyone runs blue light. Even here, the ‘USA copycat’ style LFS run all blues and couldn’t believe how beautiful clams were when I told them to turn on the whites . Aquarists also tend to like LPS corals, and LPS don’t like 400+ PAR you need for Maxima/Crocea!

 

[Asagi]

Clams have really lost a lot of popularity in the US also because everyone runs blue light. Even here, the ‘USA copycat’ style LFS run all blues and couldn’t believe how beautiful clams were when I told them to turn on the whites . Aquarists also tend to like LPS corals, and LPS don’t like 400+ PAR you need for Maxima/Crocea!

Brotha I run 14k halide!

 

[nrupaw]

No squammy’s but I have 4 blue maximas available. 4+ inchers. I have the ability to ship

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[MartinM]

Brotha I run 14k halide!

My fav also! I love the phoenix 14k halide look. I *just* switched my big tank with 10 clams to Straton LEDs because of the heat from ~1100 watts of HQI/T5, and because at all channels except green maxed they look just like Phoenix 14k’s (with less shimmer of course). They are pushing 400-650 PAR to the clams though!

 

[Asagi]

No squammy’s but I have 4 blue maximas available. 4+ inchers. I have the ability to ship

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How long have you had these dudes?!

 

[OrionN]

I recently got clams from Petco and from Corals.com. Healthy and growing.

 

[Asagi]

I recently got clams from Petco and from Corals.com. Healthy and growing.

Online petco?

 

[OrionN]

No. Local Petco. The Derasa pictures above. 2 inches 29.95

 

[nrupaw]

How long have you had these dudes?!

Couple months…. I’m a vendor at many frag swaps in the Midwest. Corals come in and go out pretty quick.

 

[Asagi]

Couple months…. I’m a vendor at many frag swaps in the Midwest. Corals come in and go out pretty quick.

I’ve run into a good number of food grade maximas. Larger, pretty, but not hobby grade (if that makes sense). Any new growth in 2 months?

 

[OrionN]

I’ve run into a good number of food grade maximas. Larger, pretty, but not hobby grade (if that makes sense). Any new growth in 2 months?

If it is pretty, then it is hobby grade.

 

[Asagi]

If it is pretty, then it is hobby grade.

I’m not sure. The world eats everything.