nice haul...

Went down to Hidden Reef today afternoon to look at the clams. It was my first time there. The store was nice and the staff was very friendly!

They had a big tank with 4 sections of clams, here's some pictures of only 1 section.
http://www3.telus.net/kpwm/clam1.jpg
http://www3.telus.net/kpwm/clam2.jpg
I got the bright colored one on the right
http://www3.telus.net/kpwm/clam3.jpg
The clam seems a bit big for my measly 20 gallon but I had to get it. Side view of the clam at home:
http://www3.telus.net/kpwm/clam4.jpg

My tank is rockin now but my wallet is taking a bangin

whats the price around for one of these baby

Depends on the quality
It ranges from $129 down to like 50-60 i forgot.

They look like Croceas. Any Maximas there?

i'm assuming maximas are the smaller kind?
i dont think they had any but you should ask jason (the hidden reef guy) to make sure.

Actually, Maximas grow larger than Croceas. Croceas are one of the smallest of the giant clams. 14" for Maxima vs 9" for Crocea.

Picked this crocea up today. Should really take a pic from above the tank, but here it is.

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...wclam.jpg?4539

JT

Hey Tom R,
The pics that I have seen so far look pretty good, and $129 - $50 seem quite reasonable for clams of that grade. Come to Calgary for a visit and check out the shops. Any of us here would be ecstatic to have high price, and low quality like that.

Mike

:eek:

I have been there and seen the clams in person..even bought a few myself and there was nothing low quality with the clams that they had.

Guys, he's being facetious! Someone else mentioned they weren't impressed with the store, so he said he would welcome poor quality and high prices like that at his stores in Calgary. :neutral:

Exactly right Brad. I wish we had anything remotely similar to that quality in Calgary. You guy's are very lucky in Vancouver.

Mike

Anyone know if they are open on Saturday? I'm gonna be down in abby tomorrow, and would love to drop by.

Saturdays are the busiest for retailers. I'm sure they'll be open.

So I dropped by hidden reef today. OMG, I couldn't believe the amount of clams they have there. That setup is aweeeeesome! Had a good number of fish there as well.

2 things that really caught my eye, 1) red african sea star (too bad not reef safe), and a small octopus (got sent to them by mistake). It was neat seeing the guy try to get out of his little container. In all very pleased with the setup out there, tons of stuff to choose from.

Did you find out the price on t hat squid / octopus thing? I saw it today as well, thought it was cool.. never saw a price tho..

For some reason I believe I saw $149 written on the glass infront of it, I may be wrong however.

You should have been there last month when there were twice as many clams. :biggrin:

The $149 written on the glass was for the ultra grade clams.

The blue ring, which was shipped by mistake, has no price on it. Because of it's "nature" we do not know if it should be sold to anyone.

Yeah I saw that blue ring alright :eek:

I know why Mike is being so careful too, there one of the oceans most lethal creatures. Hat's off to a store that cares about it's customers health and well being :biggrin:
Fact is in 10 seconds a person goes into complete shock and then anywhere from 1-3 minutes your done like shrimp on the bar-b.
If I was Mike, I would arrange to have it delivered back to the supplier as for the beginner to advanced aquarist these things are a nightmare!
Not to mention the last time that I checked, there was still no anti venom available :eek:

If you guys are serious that there is a blue-ringed octopus, the logical thing to do is to kill it. Aside from the risk to human life there is a huge financial liability if this octopus were ever to cause a fatality.

Fear not my little friends the blue ring is gone!
JASON
--HIDDEN REEF--