Lets see those CLAM photos! Clams that you have, had, or even photographed.

[OrionN]

@minus9 , @wjgeese and everybody else,

A blast from the past. A few of my clams back from the 1990"'s. A lot of these clams were from Tropicorium, Jeff's Exotic Fish and Flying Fish Express. Looking at these pictures really bring back memories of the early days of reefing.

Red Sea Maxima. This guy cost me an arm and a leg. This is side view, the camera back then were bad. Imagine this clam's picture top down.

Ultra Crocea, also side view.

Blue Squamosa (not from 1990's )

Squamosa from the 1990's. Part of a Derassa and a dead Crocea

Another Blue Ultra Maxima from the Red Sea. This clone of Xenia I still have in my tank

Two Crocea from the 1990's That Green one was exceptional top down. Too bad I did not have the camera back then to do this clam justice. He is so close to my MH, taken picture that show his best was impossible with the equipment at the time.

My Gigas from the 1990's. I think it was one of the first farm raised Gigas. Maybe not the very first spawned like the one that was at Waikiki Aquarium, but close to it.

Another Crocea of mine from the 1990, along with red Flat worms

 

[minus9]

@minus9 , @wjgeese and everybody else,

A blast from the past. A few of my clams back from the 1990"'s. A lot of these clams were from Tropicorium, Jeff's Exotic Fish and Flying Fish Express. Looking at these pictures really bring back memories of the early days of reefing.

Red Sea Maxima. This guy cost me an arm and a leg. This is side view, the camera back then were bad. Imagine this clam's picture top down.

Ultra Crocea, also side view.

Blue Squamosa (not from 1990's )

Squamosa from the 1990's. Part of a Derassa and a dead Crocea

Another Blue Ultra Maxima from the Red Sea. This clone of Xenia I still have in my tank

Two Crocea from the 1990's That Green one was exceptional top down. Too bad I did not have the camera back then to do this clam justice. He is so close to my MH, taken picture that show his best was impossible with the equipment at the time.

My Gigas from the 1990's. I think it was one of the first farm raised Gigas. Maybe not the very first spawned like the one that was at Waikiki Aquarium, but close to it.

Another Crocea of mine from the 1990, along with red Flat worms

Awesome! Yeah, I remember Red Sea stuff back then, there were some amazing looking animals. I remember some of those maximas being a powder blue color, which made them stand out even more. Black and white maximas were super cool to see in person.

 

[MartinM]

Wow a whole ton of amazing clam photos just today! So jealous of those blue Squamosa’s, I’m trying to get some here in Japan, CITES is troublesome

@OrionN those Red Sea maximas bring back memories, love them. Your fw dip info saved my “teardrop maxima” 20 years ago. I have a crocea you’d die for, I’ll try to get a photo soon. If it weren’t for CITES Id hook you up with Okinawa farmed croceas, they’re your style (and super cheap).

 

[OrionN]

Wow a whole ton of amazing clam photos just today! So jealous of those blue Squamosa’s, I’m trying to get some here in Japan, CITES is troublesome

@OrionN those Red Sea maximas bring back memories, love them. Your fw dip info saved my “teardrop maxima” 20 years ago. I have a crocea you’d die for, I’ll try to get a photo soon. If it weren’t for CITES Id hook you up with Okinawa farmed croceas, they’re your style (and super cheap).

I am glad the FWD protocols I designed help your clams. Pinched Mantle Disease decimated my 30+ clams. I fought with it for years until I was successful with FWD. Up to my eyeballs in it.
It was my hope that the information help other reefers save the Jewels of the Sea like in your case.
Pictures of your Crocea would be great. Something to drool over.

 

[kenchilada]

A blast from the past. A few of my clams back from the 1990"'s. A lot of these clams were from Tropicorium, Jeff's Exotic Fish and Flying Fish Express. Looking at these pictures really bring back memories of the early days of reefing.

Wow I forgot about Jeffs. I miss that place. Things sure have changed.

 

[i cant think]

A couple photos from today. Out of curiosity, how common are the teal croceas/maximas?

 

[OrionN]

You never seen completely teal green (none that I have seen but never say never in biology). Just pattern of it which is really beautiful. Percentage wise I do not know. Your clams are really healthy and beautiful

 

[wjgeese]

You never seen completely teal green (none that I have seen but never say never in biology). Just pattern of it which is really beautiful. Percentage wise I do not know. Your clams are really healthy and beautiful

John Bui has plenty of these right now. I own one of them. Also remember the Red.Sea maximas. Funny how little variation there is in that region. Most RSM are blue (obv), but have a dark black rim around the edge. Can spot a RSM from a random pic easily. I g9t most of my clams from Aquacon, Barry at clamsdirect, FFExpress, and ReefScience. All of these places are long gone. (incl Barry who passed away, sadly)

 

[OrionN]

John Bui has plenty of these right now. I own one of them. Also remember the Red.Sea maximas. Funny how little variation there is in that region. Most RSM are blue (obv), but have a dark black rim around the edge. Can spot a RSM from a random pic easily. I g9t most of my clams from Aquacon, Barry at clamsdirect, FFExpress, and ReefScience. All of these places are long gone. (incl Barry who passed away, sadly)

Picture please of the Teal green on and other of course. I would love to drool over them.

 

[Troylee]

A couple photos from today. Out of curiosity, how common are the teal croceas/maximas?

I wanna say the leds wash them out! Mine is super blue but when the sun comes through my window it lights up an awesome teal! Makes me wanna put a skylight above my tank lol.. hard to see it in this picture but you can near the mouth..

 

[OrionN]

This was my best teal green. It was dark teal green, not turquoise green.
This Crocea mantle was about 50% teal green with metalic gold, black and brown the rest. He was beautiful, rival the pictures pf the mandarin clams' pictures I posted earlier. Even really side we can see the dark teal green with gold clear sharp borders.

 

[OrionN]

Quick and dirty pictures of some of my clams. Crocea are new small clams from ORA via Amazing Aquariums & Reefs thanks to Ali and Jordan. Unedited, none at all, not even cropped.
it is really too bad that I can only keep two of the Crocea I wanted them all, but that would put me into the dog house for ever

 

[minus9]

Quick and dirty pictures of some of my clams. Crocea are new small clams from ORA via Amazing Aquariums & Reefs thanks to Ali and Jordan. Unedited, none at all, not even cropped.
it is really too bad that I can only keep two of the Crocea I wanted them all, but that would put me into the dog house for ever

I’m loving the clams, but I’m also loving the acropora too. Nice!

 

[OrionN]

Here are my “B Grade Crocea” that I just got from ORA last week. I love them. Only the last two are mine. The first three are my friends.

 

[abc123]

 

[OrionN]

Two Gigas each with different color. Which is nicer?

 

[shakacuz]

Two Gigas each with different color. Which is nicer?

left, IMHO.

 

[OrionN]

LED give it a different look than true color as I see it. I find video give a truer rendition of the color. Here is a screen shot of the video of the two clams.

 

[OrionN]

The tone is only slight different. Unless the two clams are side by side, I am not sure if I would notice it.

 

[i cant think]

Two Gigas each with different color. Which is nicer?

Obviously the ultra rare blue maxima gigas hybrids in the back

No but seriously, those two Gigas are just as beautiful as eachother. I prefer the left for sure as it just looks to have a beautiful texture.