Sweet Tear Drop.

VERY AWSOME!!!!
It almost looks fake the colors are so beautiful. Wish it was a little cheaper and I might consider buying it. Defiantly worth the money if your ready to fork out almost $600 for a clam.
 
Yeah, there was slight confusion I guess, some people thought that someone local might have offered more. Maximus was going to buy it. I never doubted the "dead-ness" of the clam :lol:
I think ReeferMadness is a good company and wouldn't do that.
 
It arrived alive.
Pic was taken t RM.
it died before shipping.

Those Blue TD are sensetive, and unlike what some other people said in the other thread, they can die very quickly and nothing else can look wrong, other clams and SPS can be in top condition while the blue TD just dies in few hours.

It happened to me more than once.
 
i think all large clams are sensitive, they are hard to get them to acclimate to captive conditions.
 
interesting, i have always heard the opposite when it comes to Gigas, all the people i have spoken to say that they are sensitive to being moved from one tank to another after they have had them for a while and just want to give them more room.
 
I dont know what it is, but Blue Tear drops do die more than other maxima.

I dont think it got to do with the collection method, cause they have the rock attached and it's nothing to do with their leg, as it was with the Vietnam croceas years back.
 
Large teardrops, regardless of color, do not tolerate moving very well and have a very HIGH mortality rate, sometimes as high as 4/5 or more.

That's why they don't come up for sale often -- and when they do it is not unusual for them to die.

I'm surprised RM would try to sell one as I'm sure they are aware of their poor success rate.

Stick with smaller clams that tolerate moving/shipping stress much better.
 
Delicate Teardrops

Delicate Teardrops

A couple of years ago teardrops from Vietnam were perishing do to poor collection methods. Currently Solomons is the point of origin for these guys and these collectors take great care. It really sounds like an urban myth that one well collected maxima is not as hardy as others because of the colors patterns in it`s mantle.
 
Large teardrops, regardless of color, do not tolerate moving very well and have a very HIGH mortality rate, sometimes as high as 4/5 or more.

I totally agree with you John :)

i have always heard the opposite when it comes to Gigas,
Vili_Shark

Don't seem to be our problem. :) ;)
 
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