Lets see those clams!

[giambi4343]

show some pics of your clams you have!


Heres my squammy
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[Texsun]

Just scroll above...

 

[aerius007]

Just got yesterday.

 

[Eggs]

Picked up about a month ago (crappy camera and picture)

 

[Mark426]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13993034#post13993034 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Texsun
Just scroll above...

Hummmmmmm...all the pics have been moved or deleted. :rolleye1:

 

[Justinandkrista]

he got kicked from RC so he deleted all the pics, incase you were wondering

 

[Crustman]

Giambi, You have a very nice clam however it looks like a derasa. What do you think?

 

[Crustman]

The derasas that I have seen photos of have a blue outside mantle margin followed by green and then gold in the interior. Squamosas are supposed to have broad scutes on the shell. I can't see these in your photo. I don't have a clam yet but I am looking at derasa.

 

[Paul_PSU]

Here are my two maxima. The large one is about 9 inches and the small one to the left is about 4. Sorry for the blurry second pic.

 

[Elan L.]

i just got this one (my first)

 

[giambi4343]

crustman, the picture was taken with a flash. it is darker without the flash. so if you see it without the flash, it is noticeably a squammy. so i agree with why you would think it is a derasa.

 

[phil519]

nice calm giambi...where'd you get it? (somewhere here in jersey?)

also - what's the red stuff behind the clam?

 

[giambi4343]

i actually bought this clam off of pacificeastaquaculture.com. they gave me a great deal on it. only 50 bucks. it is also only $15 for shipping since i am located in Jersey. i had to take it. and as for the red stuff, it was red slime algae but that was taken care of by adding a remover for it. the clam also has the red "stuff" on his shell but that is actually coraline algae. i tried to scrape if off thinking it was slime algae but it wouldnt come off. it looks pretty cool with it on the shell tho i think.

 

[kaserpick]

Look at the scoots on the shell; that's a good indicator of a squamosa, not the color pattern. If you could see the byssal opening, that would tell you as well. Nice squamosa Giambi!

 

[giambi4343]

thank you

 

[Crustman]

Now, I am totally confused over derasa and squamosa. I like your squamy though. Is it from ORA?

 

[giambi4343]

OK IT IS A SQUAMMY! no i didnt get it from ORA

 

[giambi4343]

any more clam pics?

 

[mborn]

Here's my derasa.

 

[giambi4343]

amazing deresa. about how big is he.