Looking for Clams

Asagi · Mar 27, 2023

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 · Mar 27, 2023

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

Asagi · Mar 27, 2023

beesnreefs said:
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 · Mar 28, 2023

You boys not lookin for clams?!

Scorpius · Mar 31, 2023

Asagi said:
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.

ReeferHD · Mar 31, 2023

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 · Mar 31, 2023

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 · Mar 31, 2023

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 · Mar 31, 2023

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 :rolleyes:. Aquarists also tend to like LPS corals, and LPS don’t like 400+ PAR you need for Maxima/Crocea!

Asagi · Mar 31, 2023

MartinM said:
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 :rolleyes:. 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 · Mar 31, 2023

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

ToP down

MartinM · Mar 31, 2023

Asagi said:
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!