Sexual Maturity Ages for Different Species

[Brock Fluharty]

Does anyone know, or can anyone link me to an article explaining the breeding sizes/ages (eggs and sperm) for T. crocea, T. maxima, and T. derasa? I'd really appreciate it. I've been searching, but I can't seem to find all of them.

Thanks,
Brock Fluharty

 

[a4twenty]

it varies by individual clam / environment, they become male first then over time female but i don't think there's a set time for either change to take place.

 

[Maximus Clammus]

Agreed, why do you ask?

 

[Brock Fluharty]

I was reading an article on small scale breeding of clams, and it got me curious. Because I knew that clams took a while (depending on species of course) to reach full grown size, it seemed a daunting task.

 

[BlastoEric1589]

typically, clams in captivity go into bredding very infrequently... i mean VERY infrequently.

and if they do, most of the time its stress related.

i know a guy who mobs together a few dozen and allows the temperature to increase a few degrees during the summer months.

i dont know all his secrets, but it certainly does seem daunting...

 

[Brock Fluharty]

The article gave ways of stimulating them to breed. The one they used was injection of chemicals into the internal organs of the clam.

 

[michika]

From what I've read the three most common ways to induce spawning are extracting the gonads of mature clams, heat stress, or injecting serotonin into the clams.

 

[Brock Fluharty]

Extracting the gonads? Yikes!