Clams! Let's see them! :)

Skimmerking · #2 01-01-2009, 11:18 PM

this should hold ya over for a bit.
here is Big Bertha

golden tear drop maxima

Rbacchiega · #3 01-01-2009, 11:37 PM

is bertha a gigas? what is the measurement on her so far?

Skimmerking · #4 01-01-2009, 11:42 PM

nope BiG Bertha is a Squamosa, and she is a wopping 10" around there

tang daddy · #5 01-01-2009, 11:58 PM

Rbacchiega · #6 01-02-2009, 12:23 AM

note to self...get squamosa clam

Delphinus · #7 01-02-2009, 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Rbacchiega

note to self...get squamosa clam

You should!

T. squamosa are some of the most interesting clams, they're really quite neat. It's neat to see the range of patterns and colours they can come in.

Interestingly, or ironically (I'm not sure. maybe both??), the largest and smallest clams in my tanks are squamosas. This one here is MY "Big Bertha":

... measuring in at .. I'm not sure actually. 14" maybe? It's like a football. He was a mere 5-6" when I purchased him 4 years ago. He has a commensal shrimp living inside him. Hard to photograph, here's the best attempt at capturing it so far:

But also the smallest clam in my tanks (don't have a picture of it yet) is a 1" squamosa. He's similar to the yellow one on the right of the top picture below (the multicoloured spotted one in the focal point is also squamosa, for some reason I don't seem to have a photo featuring the yellow one yet):

And this is squamosa too: