Picture of the Week, Tridacna Clams from ORA
This week’s AquaNerd Picture of the Week showcases one of our favorite aquarium inhabitants, Tridacna clams. These clams are available to the aquarium hobby in six different species of varying availability, though only a few dominate what we normally see on a day-to-day basis. Oceans Reefs & Aquariums, otherwise known as ORA, cranks out several [...]
Amazing Two Face Clam Shows Up at ReefKoi
Yesterday morning, ReefKoi Corals showed off this amazing “two face” clam over on their Reef2Reef forum. This Tridacna maxima sports a mantle that seems like it should belong to two different individuals instead of just one. One half of the clam has a deep blue base with touches of gold, while the other an interesting [...]
Very Unusual Maxima Clam from ReefKoi Corals
ReefKoi Corals recently showed off one of their latest acquisitions, which happens to be a very unusual Tridacna maxima clam. The rare clam sports both blue and gold coloration. A clam with blue and gold isn’t exactly rare, but the way that the colors on this clam are distributed over the mantle certainly is. Typically, [...]
IPF Explains Why Aquarium Clams Die
I had the distinct privilege of hearing Gerald Heslinga of Indo-Pacific Sea Farms discuss Tridacna clam aquaculture while at NextWave. Tridacnids are of particular interest to me, as I find them to be both gorgeous and individually unique, not to mention I’ve owned and gawked at a countless number of them throughout the years, so [...]
Whatever Happened To…Black and White Maxima Clams
Image courtesy of Minh (aka OrionN) from ReefCentral I wanted to start a new series of articles reflecting back on saltwater livestock that used to be “hot” in the aquarium hobby. These fish, corals, or invertebrates were all the rage at one point in recent history, but for whatever reason these animals are either no [...]
Picture of the Week – 1/3 – 1/9
Pictured in this week’s Picture of the Week is a blue Tridacna maxima clam. This clam, like many clams bought in this hobby, is aquacultured. Most aquacultured clams come attached to a small piece of live rock, one that it has probably been sitting on its entire life. As it got older, the clam actually [...]
Picture of the Week – 11/1 – 11/7
This week’s AquaNerd POTW is of a beautiful Gold Tridacna maxima clam seen in the wild. The clam is seen here at low tide in Kwajalein, where a friend of mine has recently relocated. The clams, which are highly prized in the aquarium industry, are actually consumed by native inhabitants of many Pacific island countries [...]
Tridacna Clams Seen in the Wild
The pictures from our friend in Kwajalein keep rolling in. As he explores the islands and gets more comfortable with his surroundings, new areas are getting explored. This update is focused on one of my favorite aquarium invertebrates, Tridacna clams. Both T. crocea and T. maxima clams can be seen in tidepools. The clams are [...]
Giant Clam Farms on Video
I stumbled across this interesting video over on the Reef2Reef Forums the other day. It’s an older video, though recently uploaded, that shows how Tridacnid clams are farmed. This Palau facility uses the nearby ocean as a major area for growing the broodstock clams, with the land-based portion reserved for breeding, juvenile grow out, and [...]
French Polynesian Maxima Clams on LiveAquaria
LiveAquaria recently received a batch of some awesome looking (not so awesomely priced) French Polynesia Ultra Tridacna maxima clams recently and they are stunning. These Polynesian clams have a widely varying pattern and each individual looks significantly different than others. This is a bit unusual to me as it has been my experience that most [...]
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