New Clam!

[Michael_Lambert]

Meet ** Sir Spitsalot**

This is my new baby.. An electric blue Crocea. 3 inches in size.. Just added him to my tank lastnight.. seems to have adjusted pretty well?

I named him the above.. becouse while he was in my little bucket doing his 5 hour Aclimation he spat at me several times.. as i would look into the bucket to see how he was doing and he would turn and spit up at me.. What a cuttie.. :)

So what do you all think, Seems to be looking healthy does he not?
http://www.reefaquariumguide.com/photos/data/504/1169Clam_day1_.jpg

[Michael_Lambert]

Now as you can see from this shot.. I have heard that these clams live i the shallower waters..

So i have him positioned so that he is about 3-4 inche from the water line.. and that makes him about 8 inches from the halide..

its a 175 Watt Ushio 10k !

http://www.reefaquariumguide.com/photos/data/504/1169Clam_day1_2.jpg

[Michael_Lambert]

what no one has comments?

[Michael_Lambert]

Here is day two of the clam.. he has now been under the lights for 8 hours..

http://www.reefaquariumguide.com/photos/data/504/1169Clam_day2_.jpg

[ian cooper]

Nice clam Michael, I'm definately jealous. If you ever frag him I'll take some. Ha, Ha.
Ian

[Michael_Lambert]

Ian, thanks.. but you are first on my list for anything that comes avaible in my tank :)

i still owe you from last year! :) Just let me know.. when your take is ready for some frags!

[Michael_Lambert]

So what do you all think? Someone has told me that becouse the bottom slit in this picture is soo big that he is dieing? what do you all think ? what are some stress signs in clams?

[ian cooper]

Michael, the slit at the bottom is the inhalant siphon. It does not look too big. The major thing to look for in a stressed clam is gaping. Gaping is where the mantle becomes extremely retracted and because of this the inhalant siphon may look alot larger than usual. In gaping, the mantle literally pulls away from the shells untill it looks like just a thin bit of tissue. Your clam looks healthy enough to me. Bear in mind that if a clam shows signs of stress, you have to do something immediately or else the clam could die. They tend to go downhill much faster than corals.
Ian

[Michael_Lambert]

Cool, I mean the clam looks good, his mantel is out abit.. then again its only bee a couple of days.. so he is still adjusting.

[ScottM]

What lighting was that clam under before?

Scott

[Michael_Lambert]

he was on the bottom of tank 24 high under a 400 watt 6,500k.. and now he is about 6 unches under a 10k 175 watt. .

[Sohal Tang]

Very nice looking clam Tooloud! I do not know bugger
all about them...but I looks like a very nice animal!

Congrats!

I have heard they are a little tricky sometimes to keep
and I too have heard once they start to go downhill it
can be quite fast...so keep an eye on him....

But..very nice looking to me..

Congrats again!

Tim
:)

[Sohal Tang]

tooloud...perhaps spitting is GOOD THING?
unless he is THROWING UP!! hehehehe

?????

Nice clam!
congrats again!

Tim

[Michael_Lambert]

Yea well spitting is just them getting stressed and and exhaling the water in the shell when they close..

[Mugster]

Tooloud, if you don't mind my asking what did you pay for your clam? I was looking at one the other day, a Blue Crocea about 5"-6" in length. The price was $159. Is this a good price?

[Michael_Lambert]

i bought mine from a local reefer who was leaving the hobby.. Bought it at $70 so yea for a nice looking one that size 160 is good.. this on is only about 2-3 inches.

[Red-Sea]

Kevin, if it's 5-6" Crocea it's worth around $110-120 but same size Maxima would be worth around $180-190.

Check out Reefquarium, they have bunch of them and I bought a 4" Crocea Teal color for $80.

[ScottM]

Actually if it's a genuine 5" - 6" and Ultra it could go for more like $200 - $250 depending on colour and pattern.

Scott

[Michael_Lambert]

I think :)

Today, Day 3 of my clam being in the tank, his mantel has not changed awhole lot.. im thinking maybe thats it as he is still young.. but i noticed this morning there is a small gap under his shell the way the rock is formed.. but i can see his foot out.. its a whitish colored looks like cartledge.. but its out in a kinda tripod shape and its making contact with the rock.. So i think things are going to be good!

[Michael_Lambert]

Well he is doing well! :)


His inhale syphone is finally closed up no more gapping.. and his mantel is out much more..

http://www.reefaquariumguide.com/photos/data/504/1169Clam_day4_.jpg

[Michael_Lambert]

So some have asked how my clam is going on! Well its doing very well!

here are some updated shots of it!

http://www.reefaquariumguide.com/photos/data/504/1169Clam_update_1.jpg
http://www.reefaquariumguide.com/photos/data/504/1169Clam_update_2.jpg

Let me know what you think.

[Red-Sea]

Wow Mike, is that last pic in diferent tank? the color looks diferent :eek1:

[Michael_Lambert]

Same tank.. Just lower.. in the first shots it was right up top as people say they need that much light.. did not like the way it looked.. so i dropped it to the sand bed and as you can see.. Looks MUCH MUCH better! :)

Coloration better.. and the Mantel is out more!

[pbutkovich]

I love that little coral growing to the left of your clam. Can you frag it for me??? :roflmao:

[Michael_Lambert]

becouse your such a good freind.. Im sure that i can get about 50 of them for you :P

[rottn]

Mike, I agree with Dany - the colour difference is amazing between your first pics and the ones now. MUCH nicer (imho) now! Looks much more blue instead of purple.

Hmmm... wasn't it you that said... too bad we can't frag clams! LOL

:D :D :D

[little-reefer]

I love that clam...it will end up in my tank one day :dance:

[Michael_Lambert]

yea when you look at the clam from a distance, it looks more purple. but when you get closer to it.. it looks bluer!

But now it does look much nicer.. the speckles are nicer to now! Wil have to give it some time.. and when i get dany over here with his new flashy camera i can get some closer shots!

[Michael_Lambert]

here are a couple of shots of the clam... you can see its acually purple with blue speckels... From close you can see the blue.. from a distance looks more purple!

http://extremereef.com/ExtremeAlbums/album04/New_Clam_p32.sized.jpg

http://extremereef.com/ExtremeAlbums/album04/New_Clam_p52.sized.jpg

the shots where taken 10 mins after the lights came on.. so he is a little pissy!

[Michael_Lambert]

Well he apears to be aclimating to the new lighting ok.. He is gaping alittle but seems to be healthy..

http://members.rogers.com/mlambert/clam.jpg

Really not liking the color of the bulbs..

But here is another shot.. using the flash.. Getting a closer look of what it looks like :)

http://members.rogers.com/mlambert/clam2.jpg

[Mike]

He's looking good! I'll bet he'll love the new lighting once he gets used to it!

[Dory]

It looks great!!!