Small Maximas Poll

Small Maximas Poll

  • 0-2 weeks

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 2 weeks-1 month

    Votes: 1 5.3%
  • 1-2 months

    Votes: 8 42.1%
  • 3-4 months

    Votes: 3 15.8%
  • 4-5 months

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • more than six months

    Votes: 2 10.5%
  • more than one year

    Votes: 1 5.3%
  • more than 2 years

    Votes: 4 21.1%

  • Total voters
    19

dvmsn

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I have really bad luck with these. I am wondering if I am alone. Judging from the posts I am not.
 
Yep, It has had a couple bouts with pinched mantle, but fwd's have worked every time although I have to keep an eye on it.
 
I recently got a couple of maxima's with similar coloring. Much smaller of course. I'll try to get some pics up.
 
I've given up on the small ones myself Dave. High mortality percentages and high prices lately have pushed me to larger ones although they aren't normally as colorful. I've been having good luck with all the croceas I've been getting lately and the price is right.
 
I am at the same point. I have probably had 10-15 over the years and only 2 lived for any period of time. The weird thing is that they are completely healthy when I go to bed and a slimy empty shell in the morning. I mean great mantle expansion, appropriate light reactions to dead. I am wondering whether they are being eaten (which I have no evidence for) or if the light in my tank is too much for them.

It is a shame b/c they are the only nicely patterned maximas you can find nowadays.

i can't kill a crocea.
 
This is the fourth thread in a row i've seen with people being bummed about overnight clam deaths. I am also a victim. We need to figure this out. :(
 
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