Giant, and I mean giant, clam

[CeCe803]

Just bought the new Marine Fish and Reef 2004 Annual edition and saw this pic: it's a T. gigas taken in the Solomon Islands.

 

[aquababy]

I believe Gigas grow to be the largest of all tridacnas. Years ago, before color T.V. I always watched reruns of a movie where the native boy diving for black pearls always got his foot stuck in a giant clam. I think of that picture every time I hear the expression "Giant Clam" instead of "Tridacna".

 

[CeCe803]

Hey! I remember that movie! lol

 

[Gerard Alba]

Cool I want one in my tank.

 

[kris4647]

My gigas...Sorry pic is pretty bad....

 

[Julio]

the waikiki aquarium has two of them in their reef tank that are well over 3 feet across.

 

[Phillips]

Here's another great dive pic of 2 gigas on this web page. The smaller one is under the diver.

http://diver.net/seahunt/f_ulong.htm
http://diver.net/seahunt/f_ulong.htm

Wish I had a tank big enough to grow one to this size.

 

[Scorched_Ice7]

I went snorkling in Aus. on the Great Barrier Reef last summer and there were clams (not sure if they were gigas) but they were about the size of VW Beetles!