Show me your clams
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gizmo7718
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My First Clam!
My First Clam!
He's about 2.5". Got him under 2x96w PC in my 46 gallon bow. I know, I know "not enough light!" Well, he's been in there a couple of weeks and seems to be real happy. Mantle is expanded and reflexes are very quick. Feed him DT's every other day. He sits at the uppermost part of my aquascape, about 6 inches from water surface, about 10 inches from light source. Getting my halides in about a week so may have to move him down a bit so he doesn't burn.
This one taken with both daylights and actinics on, no flash.
This one taken with only actinics on, with flash.
My First Clam!
He's about 2.5". Got him under 2x96w PC in my 46 gallon bow. I know, I know "not enough light!" Well, he's been in there a couple of weeks and seems to be real happy. Mantle is expanded and reflexes are very quick. Feed him DT's every other day. He sits at the uppermost part of my aquascape, about 6 inches from water surface, about 10 inches from light source. Getting my halides in about a week so may have to move him down a bit so he doesn't burn.
This one taken with both daylights and actinics on, no flash.
This one taken with only actinics on, with flash.
acropora1981
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blue T. maxima from above
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
The thing that threw me off is the large scutes (scales) on DeepBlue's clam shell- it makes the clam appear squamosa-like.
Maximas sometimes retain more pronounced scutes- especially in captive raised specimens.
Interbreeding might be a possibility, too.
Maximas sometimes retain more pronounced scutes- especially in captive raised specimens.
Interbreeding might be a possibility, too.
Vili_Shark
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Gary
I've been to south China and found that the Maximas there have very large scutes, some of them look very similar to Squamosas.
Been into Clams for the last years and been diving after clams in many locations in the world.
I think that in some places some species of clams have special characteristics that we can find only at that place, it might be that in some places, those clams are also hybrids.
For example if you look at page 123 in the Julian Sprung book Invertebrates A quick reference guide, you'll see what refered there as T.squamosa ? T.rosewateri ? this clam is quite common in the Red Sea and considered T. squamosa there.
I never seen a T.squamosa like this anywhere else in the world .
Another example, alot of Maxima clams from China has no elongate shell at all, they have the "rounded" symetric shell of the Squamosa, but the ribs are not symetric as the Squamosa is.
And have a small, but still larger byssal opening than the "regular" Suqamie.
Hybrid? maybe.
I've been to south China and found that the Maximas there have very large scutes, some of them look very similar to Squamosas.
Been into Clams for the last years and been diving after clams in many locations in the world.
I think that in some places some species of clams have special characteristics that we can find only at that place, it might be that in some places, those clams are also hybrids.
For example if you look at page 123 in the Julian Sprung book Invertebrates A quick reference guide, you'll see what refered there as T.squamosa ? T.rosewateri ? this clam is quite common in the Red Sea and considered T. squamosa there.
I never seen a T.squamosa like this anywhere else in the world .
Another example, alot of Maxima clams from China has no elongate shell at all, they have the "rounded" symetric shell of the Squamosa, but the ribs are not symetric as the Squamosa is.
And have a small, but still larger byssal opening than the "regular" Suqamie.
Hybrid? maybe.
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
Thanks for chiming in, Vili. 
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