[Delphinus]

delphinus
please tell me about your previous clam experience? very curious.

Kinda a long story. I haven't had a whole lot of good luck with clams. The first one I bought lasted 1 day. Turns out that one of the snails I had that I thought was nassarius, was something called "Atlantic Oyster Drill" (after doing piles of research on the 'net!).

I had three at one point, all doing well, one for over 2 years in fact, but something happened that I can't quite figure out. Something crashed. First the crocea started to decline, and I wasn't able to turn it around, and I lost it. Then my maxima started showing the same symptoms, and eventually I lost that one. Last to go was the derasa. I couldn't quite figure out what went wrong, so I vowed never again to try another clam until such time that I knew a lot more about reefkeeping ....

... I'm not entirely sure that I know more now than I did then, so maybe it's not such a hot idea for me to rush in and try another! But prices Eli was quoting is hard to ignore .... Wai's has two T. crocea's in right now, a 2" for $200 and a 4" for $250 .... just for a quick comparison, I think Eli mentioned to me about $60. So it sounds like a pretty good deal!