Red Clam

[Neuticle]

My LFS has had a large ~6" clam with a maroon mantle in it's misc. tanks for about 6 mo. It has a heavily ribbed shell and is thriving under two T5HO bulbs. It's an odd looking clam, but large and healthy, and can be had for the bargain price of $39.99. (awesome)

Should I give clamming a try?

[Loverotties]

Sounds like a great deal.

[Casey]

sure clams are great

[garry]

we all wont pic after you get it home ok.

[Neuticle]

Originally Posted by garry

we all wont pic after you get it home ok.

Funny you should ask,


I got down there, and they had finally realized it wasn't a misc. frag, and put it in the coral tanks under halides. The price went from $40 to $90 in a matter of 10 feet.


I went back last week, under the halides it looks like a regular grade B or C crocea (sp?) clam, nothing special. It blued up a lot more, now the red flesh looks like brown with metallic blue spotting, would have been cool for $40, not so much for $90 though.

[aquawolf]

Sometimes it pays to be a little quicker on the draw. Don't feel bad as I have had many situations where I walked out of the LFS contemplating buying something only to go back in as little as an hour later and have it be gone.

[jenglish]

THe lesson here is if you have the impulse to buy ANYTHING for your tank you should do it immediately!

[aquawolf]

That may actually be the only part of the hobby where it pays to do something fast.

[specter]

I do that a lot... I will go into my LFS just to see what's new and grap a new frag that every one else wanted just because I was quicker on the draw, that's how I got my ORA Red Planet Acropora and ORA Oregon Tortuosa Acropora. Both the Red Planet and Oregon were only in the water for 2 hours and then went home with me. I'm now hoping I can get a ORA Purple Plasma the same way. The LFS that's on my way home just started getting corals from ORA a little over a month ago so far I've been lucky to get the frags that I've wanted... well see if I can snag that Purple Plasma.

[kyrie_eleison]

interesting.

[reeffanatic247]

i dont think there even is sucha thing as a red clam rofl... blue makes more sense unless its a scallop...

[Neuticle]

It was red, it was a crocea that had lost most of it's fluorescent algae, it's blue now.

[reeffanatic247]

can you find a pic of a red clam i dont think its possible for a red clam unless the lighting caused a diff glare in color

[Neuticle]

Sorry, I didn't have a camera with me.

[reeffanatic247]

so because it lost its fluorescent algae it turns red? wow ive learned something new today