Lets see those CLAM photos! Clams that you have, had, or even photographed.

[Tcook]

Officially a trio

 

[Maximus]

Updated shot of the Noae…

 

[Rovert]

Ok, I'll play along. ;-)

Here are two new additions courtesy of Vivid Aquariums. Absolutely stunning, great size (approx. 5"), a fair price, and great service! I'll definitely be a repeat customer. Amazing how the viewing angle changes the color!

 

[i cant think]

Ok, I'll play along. ;-)

Here are two new additions courtesy of Vivid Aquariums. Absolutely stunning, great size (approx. 5"), a fair price, and great service! I'll definitely be a repeat customer. Amazing how the viewing angle changes the color!

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That green looks like it’s replicating the Milky Seas Phenomenon! Love the deep blue/black in the middle of all that teal

 

[MartinM]

Lets see some ultra clams, colored up Squamosa's, colored teardrop Maxima's, black and white Maxima's, blue Derasa's, and what some call Maxea's but what I call brightly colored up Croceas...

Here are a few of mine that I have had in the past and some that I still have.

One of my current black and white Maxima's, 2".

My second current 2" black and white Maxima, 2".

My current 4" blue spot Squamosa.

Top down

My current 3" blue teardrop Maxima.

A better pic of the blue teardrop.

My current 5" blue Derasa and 6" Squamosa I just lost.

And a better pic of the blue Derasa.

These are all the rare clams that I currently have, I will add more pic's of rare clams that I have had in the past soon.

I’d love to see those black and white Maximas now! must be gigantic by now

 

[zirky]

This is my maxima I’ve been planning on placing acans around it but someone suggested there par requirements are to far off. Can anyone suggest coral to place around clams that will thrive without harming my clam?

 

[i cant think]

This is my maxima I’ve been planning on placing acans around it but someone suggested there par requirements are to far off. Can anyone suggest coral to place around clams that will thrive without harming my clam?View attachment 3053432

You can adapt most corals to the clan’s PAR.
Softies in Australia are often sat burning in the sun and yet thrive! What we say about ‘Oh one coral deserves this much PAR before it burns, another needs this much PAR’ is completely thrown out when seen in nature! Some of these ‘low light’ corals are seen burning in the sun in their natural range.

 

[MartinM]

Ok, I'll play along. ;-)

Here are two new additions courtesy of Vivid Aquariums. Absolutely stunning, great size (approx. 5"), a fair price, and great service! I'll definitely be a repeat customer. Amazing how the viewing angle changes the color!

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Be really careful here - firstly, these guys need to be on rocks, not sand. Secondly, they need so much light the LPS they’re next to would melt. The’ll slowly starve to death if you don’t get their PAR up to 350+. Most corals can adapt to this light also, but LPS and some zoos usually can’t.

 

[MartinM]

Part of my clam garden! I have 15 in total. The addiction is real.

The big maxima lost a lot of color due to being overgrown in my sump, he’s recently been moved into the display.

 

[i cant think]

Be really careful here - firstly, these guys need to be on rocks, not sand. Secondly, they need so much light the LPS they’re next to would melt. The’ll slowly starve to death if you don’t get their PAR up to 350+. Most corals can adapt to this light also, but LPS and some zoos usually can’t.

Maxima’s can be on the sand however we say keep them on the rocks as the sand generally won’t get 300+PAR and is usually around 50-100PAR.
Zoas and most LPS can adapt to 350+ PAR, in the wild quite a few LPS and softies (like Zoas) are found quite far up and as I said previously some are found burning in the sun due to low tide (especially during a Neap Tide).

Part of my clam garden! I have 15 in total. The addiction is real.

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The big maxima lost a lot of color due to being overgrown in my sump, he’s recently been moved into the display.

You have a gorgeous clam collection! Are they a mix of Maxima and Crocea?

 

[MartinM]

Maxima’s can be on the sand however we say keep them on the rocks as the sand generally won’t get 300+PAR and is usually around 50-100PAR.
Zoas and most LPS can adapt to 350+ PAR, in the wild quite a few LPS and softies (like Zoas) are found quite far up and as I said previously some are found burning in the sun due to low tide (especially during a Neap Tide).

You have a gorgeous clam collection! Are they a mix of Maxima and Crocea?

Yep a lot of species are very adaptable, but IME most LPS and most Zooas commonly seen in the hobby aren’t as adaptable to higher PAR, because most zooas and LPS aquarists like to keep are from deeper water. Most soft corals (zooas aren’t coral) get a lot of light, yep. I see all kinds of things exposed at low tide in Okinawa and other reefs I’ve been to.

Thanks! Most of mine are maxima. There’s one crocea and one noae in that photo, the rest are maximas. I have one squamosa also (rare in Japan) but not in the photo. Out of the whole collection, 3 crocea, 1 squamosa, 1 noae, the rest are maximas.

 

[TopClamSkoo]

Part of my clam garden! I have 15 in total. The addiction is real.

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The big maxima lost a lot of color due to being overgrown in my sump, he’s recently been moved into the display.

Has the clam on the far right bore into the rockscape? if so,.... how you do that? did you just leave it there and with patience it just eventually bore into the rock? that is too cool! I never see clams in the aquarium boring into our rocks!

 

[MartinM]

Has the clam on the far right bore into the rockscape? if so,.... how you do that? did you just leave it there and with patience it just eventually bore into the rock? that is too cool! I never see clams in the aquarium boring into our rocks!

Thanks, no I got it like that! I also haven’t seen them bore, I think they have to do it from when they’re very small. Although I have seen them dissolve each others shells if they’re touching…

 

[OrionN]

my New Derasa I got from Petco. It took almost 1 month befor I got it to start to growth. I was worry after 2 weeks of no growth. There is a very cleare deep mark device where the shell start to grow in my tank from growth before. It must be near its last leg when I brought it home.

 

[minus9]

My friend @Smite had this nice maxima but his foxface started to go rogue, so I was fortunate enough to take it in for him. I’m glad that I can help save it and I’m super appreciative to be the new caretaker.

 

[OrionN]

Very nice Maxima

 

[OrionN]

 

[MartinM]

First time I’ve ever seen a blue noae, beautiful! And amazing maxima @minus9. I like my clams waaay more than my fish. I have an exceptional color morph queen angel but she’s going to have to go soon, nipping at the clams too much!

 

[minus9]

First time I’ve ever seen a blue noae, beautiful! And amazing maxima @minus9. I like my clams waaay more than my fish. I have an exceptional color morph queen angel but she’s going to have to go soon, nipping at the clams too much!

Yeah, I love the variations within T. noae, especially when they don't have any teardrops, but when they're loaded with them, it's just stunning. That collection of noae's for sale on corals.com was insane and probably one the best deals on clams that I've seen in a long time. I kick myself for not grabbing one. @OrionN grabbed some nice ones, the blue being one of them.
And thanks! It's hard to pass up blue clams, they just stand out so nicely. Although, there's a local guy that has a cool maxima that I may grab soon? It's hard to describe it's color, but it would look nice under my halides. My plan is another maxima for the 90 and find a nice funky pattern/color hippopus, then the hunt for some nice small croceas will be next.

 

[Tonycass12]

couple shots of my maxima clams