Dec POTM - Clams
 

Contest Rules are as follows:

1) You must follow the guidelines given for each contest.

2) ALL members including vendors can enter.

3) Photos should be submitted no larger than 1024 x 768 and a max ppi of 300.

4) The photo must be taken by you, and as long as it fits the subject you're in!

5) Each member can post as many pictures as they want, but only ONE can be entered. Please specify which one when posting multiple pictures or it will be chosen for you.

6) Have Fun!

Yes... the POTM is back. :wave:

Life has been crazy busy for me the past few months and I apologize to all for slipping on the POTM.
Now lets get some photos up in this thread... :mrgreen:

Let the horrible analogy jokes begin...

clam family portrait
 

http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/...clamsjun05.jpg

this photo is from 2005.
taken with a canon powershot s400.
sadly, the only clam i still have from this photo is the little gigas.
(to the right of the green ricordias)

Or not....

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w.../P10000791.jpg

A picture of my derasa a couple of months ago.

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w.../P10000781.jpg

A picture of my baby crocea a few months back.

:lol:

man looking at all these clams make me want one so bad :lol: if anyone is selling let me know :lol: can't seem to find "nice" ones at the lfs

Gigas Clam, Great Barrier Reef

http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/v...r/P1030053.jpg

Taken with Panasonic Lumix DMC TS1

Thanks Scott! I was gonna dig through all my clam pics to post my best one but after seeing your pic I obviously dont need to bother!!! Game, set and match!:mrgreen:..... Outstanding pic man!:biggrin:

here is a pic of my old squamosa R.I.P
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...e/P1020531.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...e/P1020494.jpg

Um.. ya, pretty much what that guy said.. :lol:

A tasty morsel...

http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/z...IMG_7894-1.jpg

http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/IMG_7911.jpg

http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/IMG_7932.jpg

clam garden
 

looks better full size

Here's a few I had years ago.

*sigh* Gorgeous :love: Clams of that calibre are bloody hard to find these days.

http://mlmlblog.files.wordpress.com/...if?w=450&h=146

Already been done, but here's more clam analogy jokes.... still not the same as expected :P

what happened to them now??

Looks like a farm photo.... chowder?

Christy: That photo is about 8-9 years old which is why you dont see those ultras anymore. Also the country where they came from no longer allows the export of wild clams.

Apexifd: I sold them to a friend and there was a power failure/heat wave while he was away for the weekend... nuff said.

Paddyob: I would never eat a clam but live Crocea with fresh lime is a delicacy in some places. Sometimes when the collector is chiseling a crocea out of the reef flat the shell will get cracked. That's why they always brought limes when they went clam collecting. Have an accident and get a free snack out of it. ;)

OK I will play again with no chance in winning this one either :lol: ALL PICS TAKEN WITH MY PHONE

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...Picture040.jpg
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...cture042-1.jpg
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...cture043-1.jpg
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...cture044-1.jpg
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...cture045-1.jpg
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...cture022-2.jpg

Wow I know what I will be voting for, where did you pick up this puppy?

My entry:
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/9484/p1140241.jpg

Uhmmmm..... I am more interested in your purple zoas to the right side. What are they and how do I get a frag? :mrgreen:

Here are mine when I first got them. Big Squaw and her buddy Lil' Max
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/a...rboy/Clams.jpg

Not really an entry since I took this with my phone so the quality is poor but posted for more of just a show & tell. My buddy has had this clam for many years in his 250 gal tank and it's getting pretty big as in about 15-20 lbs. To get an idea of the scale, consider that the powder blue tang is about 4 inches long.:eek:
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...evesclam21.jpg

Here's one of mine, it just can't decide on a pattern.:lol:
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...10035clam1.jpg

[quote=zoaElite;570659]Wow I know what I will be voting for, where did you pick up this puppy?

I got the derasa from Spencer at Blueworld aquariums and the blue squamosa from Ronnie and Gareth at Progressive Reef, both in Victoria. I also got a wicked Orange derasa, but it's being pretty shy.



The purple zoas I got from a local reef store years ago that is no longer in business. The owner got in a shipment of those awful mixed rocks that have zoas and softies glued all together..butt ugly they were, but one had a small colony of those purple zoas.. I talked her into scraping me off one polyp of the purples.:mrgreen:

Tim, I miss the visits out to your place!!!

yeh, those were the days. I moved to a bigger shop since then. The farms a lot bigger now. :)

Oh, good. So whereabouts, exactly, is it?? :) I assume you're just doing wholesale these days?

Memories.....:cry:

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...09/Oct2009.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1.../Oct2009_5.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...09/Coral_2.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...UA_Aug15_7.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...09/Nov09_5.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...k/DSC_3989.jpg

sphelps I love the pic. of the pipefish with the clam :biggrin:

this morning clams basking in the sunlight

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y24...a/IMG_0626.jpg

All you guys suck :razz: you and your damn awesome photography skills.

Oh wait it is me that sucks at taking photos :lol: