~ 4 year old T. Giga New Photos..

[HighestOlive]

Just wanted to share and current picture of my T. giga.

He is currently on the order of 10 - 11 inches long, and about 6 or 7 wide when opened.

This first shot was taken the day I brought the clame home... Aug 24th 2005.

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I want to put this picture up just so you can get and idea of how small it was at this time.... just a few inches long. The tank you see in this picture is a 15 gallon nano...

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Needless to say that clam has gotten big...

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and for scale:
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[Maximus Clammus]

Lookin good, I had one grow 6" in one year.

Here is a thread I saw that has a pic of the largest Gigas in captivity, just taken last week. The clam is over 3' long:eek2:

 

[HighestOlive]

Yeah I think I have actually seen those photos before. The amazing thing about this is it grew to this size in that same 15 gallon nano. I only moved it about 2 weeks ago. I expect to see a lot more grow in the coming year. I may be stepping up my tank size yet again.

 

[Mentat]

10 in. Gigas in a 15 gal. Nano; amazing indeed. Can't imagine that tank upkeep IRT elements they use (i.e. calcium). Great looking clam, congratulations.

 

[HighestOlive]

Here is a rough idea what that would look like. It got a quite a bit larger that this still....

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[scapes]

this in mine in a 30gL

pic taken a few days ago. bought it from reefermadness in jan 07

 

[IFbettas]

I haven't been able to find a gigas at any of the stores I go to, but would love to get one to see it grow like these. Just wait till you need a 3 foot wide tank to house him!

 

[dwestUSF]

I have seen any new Gigas in a while. A store around me has a huge 14" blue gigas that they have kept from a few years now but its way to big for my tank.

 

[ezcompany]

nice beast

 

[SNAKEMANVET]

I am planning on getting a gigas in a couple of weeks.The lfs had one last week that was about 1.5'' long. All of your clams look very impressive guys.