who has the biggest gigas clam?
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DanEnglish
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scottwhitson
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I go to a LFS that has a Gigas that is over 1' across the mantle. Probably close to 36" long!!
DanEnglish
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is it for sale? any pics?
DanEnglish
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I am starting a new tank, a 92 gallon corner (34 inches front to back, quarter-round), basically just for the gigas. He is quickly outgrowing my 18" deep 110 gallon tank. I am going to start a build thread in the large tanks section soon, as it will be set up together with the 110.
BluScrnOdeth
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Is there any way to tell how old your clam is? I just bought a couple today and they are about 3-4 inches long.
BluScrnOdeth
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<img src="HTTP://WWW.aquatic-refuge.com/RandomPics/16.jpg" width="400" height"300">
The sign said t. Maxima.
The sign said t. Maxima.
BluScrnOdeth
Darin Schmidt
Really? How can you tell the difference?
lots of links for clam identification
http://www.google.com/search?q=trid...s=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
http://www.google.com/search?q=trid...s=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
OrionN
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I guess when you see enough of them, at a brief glance you can tell. You just need to read more information about the 5 species of Tridacnid clams. Just like how can you tell a German shepherd from a Grey hound. You can really get technical long wind explanation or justification. There are plenty of these information around, I just don't want to spend the time to type them up again.
BluScrnOdeth
Darin Schmidt
definately a derasa. hope they didn't charge you a maxima price. they probably didn't since they didn't even know what they were selling....
I paid 30 something for them. It could have been that the two types were close together and I thought it was the maxima. I am thinking of trying to breed them, i just dont know how old they have to be to do so nor how to tell how old they are. So thats something i'll have to find out. I'll have to document my attempts so that i dont get bashed like the one guy a while back posted. Though my case will be different, I'll be trying to breed them, and his happened by accident.
I am thinking of trying to breed them, i just dont know how old they have to be to do so nor how to tell how old they are.
there's much more about it that you don't know.
ever keep clams before??
they can and will easily die overnight.
ever see pyr snails?
pm?
what other critters do you have?
the derasa on an egg crate is not a good idea.
good luck
there's much more about it that you don't know.
ever keep clams before??
they can and will easily die overnight.
ever see pyr snails?
pm?
what other critters do you have?
the derasa on an egg crate is not a good idea.
good luck
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BluScrnOdeth
Darin Schmidt
No i havent kept clams before, yes i have seen pyr snails (only images online) not sure what you mean by pm, i have a lot of critters (nothign that will harm clams), and no the dersa on the egg crate isnt a good idea but its only temporary. I had bought about 10 frags that day also so i'm finding some nice spots for where i want everything. Not like its going to kill it.
Have you tried breeding them??? More constructive posts would help. Theres not much more to it than i have already read. You can get as technical as you want the process to be to obtain 100% success, but lets not forget that this is a hobby, not a job, so achieving 100% isnt exactly the goal. more so average natural success rates (whatever that may be but i'm going to take a guess and say that its low) is ok with me.
have not tried and don't want any releases in my system
there's tons more than what you've read, sorry. at fertilization they are .1 mm, sperm is released 1st, then the eggs, you'll need toi supply zooanth's , time is something you haven't taken into consideration.
no 100% isn't your goal, but success is much more likely put at a tiny fraction of 1%
pls list your tank inhabitants.
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