3 Clams for $2200.00 They need a home people!

[CAPT PETE]

eastcoastzigzag,

The blue squamosas are 4-5" and the teardrop maxima is 6".

 

[eastcoastzigzag]

eastcoastzigzag,

The blue squamosas are 4-5" and the teardrop maxima is 6".

-----so is it the patern that makes them expensive? i just got a sweeet 4in crocea from under the sea for $60

 

[CAPT PETE]

eastcoastzigzag,

Its the combination of the color and the pattern that makes then expensive. Blue Squamosas are rare colored clams. Most squamosas that we see are either brown with a hint of green or brown with a blue edge or a combination of the three. Squamosas that are that blue in color are rarely imported, that's why the price tag is so high. They are now being farm raised in Bali but they are having trouble importing them due to no CITES on them. Hope this clears things up a bit.

Pete

 

[eastcoastzigzag]

cool thanks

 

[moga]

it's from reefscience.com........

 

[glyle41]

I love clams but couldnt even imagine putting a grand into one clam I guess some people dont care about cost when they want something

 

[knumbnutz]

Whoever paid $2000 for a clam please contact me directly I have a bridge in Brooklyn I'm interesting in selling you. Serious inquries only!
call 1-800-872-7852
that's 1-800-ura-suka

 

[critterkeeper]

Hey Capt. Pete,

I was just at the CV Dinat clam farm a few months ago. LOTS of blue squamosas. But the guy told me they were selling those at high prices to European wholesalers. In fact, I tried to hook them up with Barry Neigut (ClamsDirect) and they weren't even interested. Tried to e-mail them a couple more times since I got home to see if they'd change their minnd - they don't reply. Oh yeah, they are raising porcellanus, too, which is what I actually wanted for myself more than a blue squa...

 

[critterkeeper]

One more thing - the facility manager told me they were getting about 10% blues from every batch of squamies produced. So, if he's not lying then blues aren't rare there - just rare here.

 

[chip721]

Maybe there's a huge pearl inside each one!

 

[CAPT PETE]

critterkeeper,

Thanks for the info. Let me know if they reply as I would be interested in both the blue squamosa and the porellanus.

 

[derrikd]

can you buy from them direct?

 

[smy168]

you know what, would never pay a grand for any coral or clam, my ego just isn't big enough...they can have it. I hope they're for real and not dyed, you never know nowadays with science and technology. I would imagine that if these are natural they would appear more frquently and if rare they should be popping up this frequently at 4 to 6 inches.

Any info on these guys? Where are they from? why the heavy blue tones?

 

[blgreef]

the sad thing is with people willing to pay such prices we all get priced out of this hobby.

 

[srb5046th]

Alot of corals and clam pictures on that vendors website sure look like they are under actinic lighting only.

 

[Barry N.]

So, if he's not lying then blues aren't rare there - just rare here.

Wait a year and when these start to show up in numbers in the US, watch the price come down. Just like the colored teardrops maximas. When they first started coming in, they sold any where from 190.00-599.00 and now you can get them from 99.00 - 129.00. And they gold ones were 100.00 plus now you can give them away. It's all about supply and demand.

 

[Chaotic Reefer4u]

nice

 

[HOZERTHEBONEFISH]

Barry

Where can I get a colored teardrop max for 99.00? Let me quickly check your website after I post this...

Henry

 

[jolt26]

these are not wild-collected, I pressume?

 

[larryl]

by Barry N.
And they gold ones were 100.00 plus now you can give them away.

Hi Barry, I'll take one of those free gold ones, I PM'd you my shipping address. Just kidding...

What's your website URL?


Thanks,
Larry