Lets see your clams!!!

[moliken]

def'ly a crocea. that's why i questioned it. the circular parts of the pattern are similar to a crocea of mine, but yours is nicer.

the shell tells the story, though

 

[kien]

the shell tells the story, though

how so? how do you tell a crocea from a maxima?

 

[moliken]

maxima:the shell is more elongated front to back and shorter top to bottom, with pronounced scutes in tight rows all the way down to the base of the shell.
crocea: shell is more symmetrical (short front to back, high bottom to top). the shell can close completely and is relatively smooth, sometimes with scutes at the top edge of the shell.
look at the diff betw pic 3 the maxi and 4 crocea. the ridges tell it all.
btw join reef-geeks dot com. clammie experts there. bill has 24 i believe.
that's where the wording came from

 

[kien]

Oh I see! Cool.

 

[jcreef180]

From left to right: maxima, squamosa, and a gigas. This picture is from 9/08. They have grown quite a bit since then.

 

[crank2211]

Here's my first shot at keeping clams. Just got them yesterday.

Solomon Derasa:

Green Maxima

 

[nanonubey]

sweet maxima!

 

[GhostCon1]

T. maxima I just got today, my first one. I don't think I was ready for it but my mom told our LFS to bag him up. I told them about my lighting (T5 VHO) in a 20l and they said it would do ok. They have one maxima under t5 for about 3 months now.

Also, upgrading tanks and getting a 70 cube with MH lighting

Anyway, here it is!

 

[RoganTerrance]

My First Clam

My Crocea

 

[moliken]

first for now!

 

[letter2no]

my clam.....
crocea:

my group 2 maxima 2 crocea

my squamosa

what kind of this clam??? squamosa or crocea???

 

[mrfishy1]

my latest squamosa
from the side

from the top

 

[Dave71]

 

[moliken]

what a freakin beautiful squammie. not my fave, but that is gorgeous beyond stunning!

 

[Carriegiesler]

Is there an online site most of your are purchasing your clams from?
Seems that all of my LFS are running low on clams as of lately, one guy even told me that there is some sort of clam disease that is effecting the wild and cultured clams and he doesn't forsee getting any for a while.

 

[tdwright1971]

here is my derasa.

 

[moliken]

aussie maxi 5-6 inches

aussie maxi 5-6 inches

front. no actinics. real pretty.

top down YIKES!

group shot

 

[rmosqued]

Nice clams everyone!
Here are three of my T. Maxima clams...

 

[nanonubey]

Those are some great collections letter2no and moliken!

 

[Whisperer]

Dr Mac has some gorgeous clams as of today. Just placed my order, they are going like pancakes.