Our Clam Just Spawned!!!
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JackKerouac
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cool!compliments :thumbsup: I wish to see mine do the same 
a4twenty
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spawning ( unless your using lunar cycles ) is caused by stress and is a survival instinct. what have you changed or done in the last little while ?
clam spawn can really pollute the water, so make sure your skimmer is running @ 100% and prepare a water change. you should also replace / run lots of carbon if you are not already. one clam spawning can trigger your other clams to spawn as well so keep a close eye on the situation.
clam spawn can really pollute the water, so make sure your skimmer is running @ 100% and prepare a water change. you should also replace / run lots of carbon if you are not already. one clam spawning can trigger your other clams to spawn as well so keep a close eye on the situation.
mypurpletang
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Nice job getting those pictures.
SPSFiend
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I have two 14+ inch clams (deresa and a squamosa) that spawn all the time in my tank. I have no moon lights and I have never seen any correlation between them being stressed out and a spawning even being triggered.
I have noticed that once one of the clams spawns, they other begins within minutes to do the same. Now if only my 60+ year old Blue Tear Drop Maxima would spawn... LOL But I have yet to see that one spawn in my tank.
The first time that my two clams spawned in my tank for 45+ minutes I was really afraid for the boiload they were releasing. However, despite the amount released there has been no ill effects seen in my tank. I do run a nice size Euroreef skimmer and the tank is 180G plus a 60 gal sump.
Anyhow, just thought I'd share my experiences.
Good luck and thanks for the pics!
I have noticed that once one of the clams spawns, they other begins within minutes to do the same. Now if only my 60+ year old Blue Tear Drop Maxima would spawn... LOL But I have yet to see that one spawn in my tank.
The first time that my two clams spawned in my tank for 45+ minutes I was really afraid for the boiload they were releasing. However, despite the amount released there has been no ill effects seen in my tank. I do run a nice size Euroreef skimmer and the tank is 180G plus a 60 gal sump.
Anyhow, just thought I'd share my experiences.
Good luck and thanks for the pics!
jmaneyapanda
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A4twenty is spot on. Clams will spawn for good and bad reasons. If you are capable of accurately and reliably simulating the lunar cycle, you can "trick" you clams into spawning. However, in the aquarium, I would say the vast majority spawn due to stress. By stress, we mean change is light, temp, salinity, alk, calcium, you name it. It is anecdotally dteremined to be a survival reaction. Kind of a "quick, reproduce before the water gets so bad we die!" type of thing. In clam farms in the indo, they will actaully remove the clams from the water for extended period to stimulate a spawn. And a pheromone is also released, so the other clam will usually join in the act. This all has been quite scientifically determined.
Just out of curiosity, how do you know you have a 60+ year old clam?
SPSFiend
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The exporter said it was like a 59 year old Maxima. It came with a shipment of 50 plus clams and was the "Prize" item. I have had it now for about 2 years.
So, I or he could very likely be wrong. I am not exactly sure how to estimate age. Does someone know what the estimate is based on the shell growth or something?
So, I or he could very likely be wrong. I am not exactly sure how to estimate age. Does someone know what the estimate is based on the shell growth or something?
jmaneyapanda
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I dont believe there is any way you can age a clam like that. I hope I dont sound too skeptical, but I think you fell for a sales pitch.
Growth is quite varaibale depending on conditions. How big is it? Please post a pic, I looked in your gallery, and there was some photos from March of 2007, but I only saw a gigas and a couple derasas, no teardrop maxima.
Growth is quite varaibale depending on conditions. How big is it? Please post a pic, I looked in your gallery, and there was some photos from March of 2007, but I only saw a gigas and a couple derasas, no teardrop maxima.
SPSFiend
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Well, there was no sales pitch given or needed. I saw the biggest Maxima that I had ever seen available for sale AND it happened to be a BLUE Tear Drop 
AND... it was sold to me for $99.99 plus tax LOL
I bought it while I was visiting my Dad down in Dana Point. I paid for it and picked it up the following day on my way home. At the time when I went to pick it up is when they told me about the age and what their supplier had told them. They were bummed I think for having sold it but I had already paid.
Anyways, I was lucky to have found it and I am happy that I get to see it it my tank everyday
It is about 11-12 inches in shell length.
I took some pictures just now (at night, no tank lights) with flash to give you a good look at the shell and of my derasa and squamosa. I also had a few fairly recent pics of the clams during the day with the lights on. I run 3 250W 14K Hamilton DEs.
SQUAMOSA:
DERASA:
AND... it was sold to me for $99.99 plus tax LOLI bought it while I was visiting my Dad down in Dana Point. I paid for it and picked it up the following day on my way home. At the time when I went to pick it up is when they told me about the age and what their supplier had told them. They were bummed I think for having sold it but I had already paid.
Anyways, I was lucky to have found it and I am happy that I get to see it it my tank everyday
It is about 11-12 inches in shell length.I took some pictures just now (at night, no tank lights) with flash to give you a good look at the shell and of my derasa and squamosa. I also had a few fairly recent pics of the clams during the day with the lights on. I run 3 250W 14K Hamilton DEs.
SQUAMOSA:
DERASA:
jmaneyapanda
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Very nice.
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