Hippo Clams Coming November 4!

[reefermadness]

I thought those clams looked like Maxima in the picture. I also wanted to find out more about the hippo clams because they are not available in the trade very often.

I found this site

http://animal-world.com/encyclo/reef/clams/tridacna.htm

apparently these hippo clams arent even of the tridacna family....

This is a picture of a hippo clam...


and more info on the hippo clam.. http://animal-world.com/encyclo/reef...ppopusClam.php A little less blue then the maxima picture but rare and nice in a different sort of way.

[christyf5]

Um it looks like you have some very pretty maximas pictured. Hippopus clams aren't nearly as pretty and don't extend their mantles.

These are hippopus clams, while "neat" I don't think they're nearly as awesome as maximas:

[Delphinus]

The attachments shows pretty maximas (VERY pretty maximas). No, indeed, hippopus look very different from typical tridacnids, they are a different genus.

I knew this already, but maybe others didn't, so thanks for the clarifications!

[Aaron2]

Thanks for clarifying the id, the farm sent me pics that won't upload, so I grabbed the first one listed as hippo on google. I'll try again with the pics today.

[Aaron2]

These are the ones from the farm

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by AI Aaron

These are the ones from the farm

Not nearly as nice as the other clams. Thanks for having that corrected quickly. I could have made a big mistake based on the picture.

[Aaron2]

Just got the flight confirmation, the clams and our Bali cultured corals will be in Friday morning.

We've got 6 Hippo and 14 Derasa on the pack list, so for those that contacted me earlier this week let me know if you are still interested. I can hold the hippos until Saturday to give you time to say yes or no. After that its first come!