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			 This is the first and only clam I've ever had.  This is how it looked in Feb, 2003...It was probably less than 2". 
		
	
		
		
		
		
			![]() Same clam today, nearly 5 years later.... The clam is probably 5" now. ![]() 
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	400 gal reef. Established April, 2007. 3 Sequence Dart, RM12-4 skimmer, 2 x OM4Ways, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown (pair), Blonde Naso Tang, Vlamingi Tang, Foxface Rabbit, Unicorn Tang, 2 Pakistani Butterflies and a few coral gobies My Tank: http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=28436  | 
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			 Slow growing Clam.  may be that is a good thing 
		
	
		
		
		
		
			
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			   I've not had any other clam to know how fast they grow.  When I got him, I thought that he would outgrow my tank within a year or two.  Now, he can grow all he wants. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
			
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	400 gal reef. Established April, 2007. 3 Sequence Dart, RM12-4 skimmer, 2 x OM4Ways, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown (pair), Blonde Naso Tang, Vlamingi Tang, Foxface Rabbit, Unicorn Tang, 2 Pakistani Butterflies and a few coral gobies My Tank: http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=28436  | 
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			 Sweet!! It looks great. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
			Actually I'm not 100% on this but I think that's a fairly normal growth rate. It's the squamosa's, derasa's, and gigas's in particular that get really big really fast. Crocea and maxima's, not so much. I know the ones I've had the longest have grown but seriously probably not more than 1" in a few years. You can see new shell getting laid down every month but millimetre by millimetre. At least that's been my experience 
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	-- Tony My next hobby will be flooding my basement while repeatedly banging my head against a brick wall and tearing up $100 bills. Whee!  |