Show me your Squamosas!

[6-line]

Here's mine. The one on the upper left
The shell and contour of it reminds me of a maxima. I was looking to get one, but the LFS can only get huge wild caught maximas now, too expensive and I'd prefer captive raised or maricultured...

 

[kevinpo]

Here's mine I've had it since 5/99. It's about 8-9".

Regards,
Kevin

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

The scutes are well hidden!

 

[Wrasseman]

My contribution:

 

[Guy]

WOW Gary!

Mine's just a baby but is quickly gaining mass:

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Good news for those considering adding a T. squamosa to their reef aquarium: This species is aqua-cultured for the trade,and HARDY! Start making room for it's future growth, Guy,and have a good Easter! :wavehand:

 

[6-line]

Are the T. squamosa underrated?
Usually all you hear is of maximas/croceas and deresas. I love them all and until i saw the one pictured above I never saw one at the LFS vlet alone considered buying one.
I'm still holding out for a Maxima.
Which grows larger, T. deresa or squamosa?
Squamosa looks closet to maxima of all the other Tridacna, IMO.

Todd

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

6-line: T.Derasa is only eclipsed in size by T. gigas,the largest bivalve in the world. T.squamosa is 3rd largest in size amongst the giant clams. All three are excellent and hardy choices, but be aware they can get quite LARGE!

 

[Jake]

Gary,

That fish in front of the Squamosa is AWSOME. What is it and can you tell me anything about it?

Thanks

Jake

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Jake, it's a leopard wrasse.They require a sandbed that is mature.Use the forums search to find previous posts on these fish...Macropharyngodon species.

 

[jim norris]

Hello everyone here is a picture just taken of my 12 inch squamosa.
Jim

 

[jim norris]

Here is a picture of another 12 squamosa that I sold to someone.
Jim

 

[original-reefland]

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Rich- I like that one! Reminds me of a blue-line angelfish!:smokin:

 

[toptank]

They do get large.

 

[Ertan]

HERE IS MINE..

THANKS,
ERTAN

 

[kevinpo]

Rich,
That's one of the nicest squamosa patterns I've ever seen.

Regards,
Kevin

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

kevinpo- I noticed your clams scutes have purple shrooms attached.Mine has many hitch-hikers hanging off it's shell as well.This species provides a lot of attachment areas for other critters...

 

[kevinpo]

Gary,
My big deresa has only 1 mushroom. It seems that the smooth shell doesn't provide such a good opportunity for settlement One of the dangers with T. squamosa is that over time if you don't have enough flow the scutes can build up a lot of sediment and macro algae can take hold and begin to overgrow the clam.

Regards,
Kevin

 

[Ertan]

Here is another picture of my squamosa.

ertan