My 5 feet upgrade

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the three clams on the sandbed...from l to r : gigas , maxima , squamosa (tiger?)

other additions, green plate coral on sandbed and hammer near overflow

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i measured it wrongly, the gigas is actually placed in an angle that didn show its size, so i measured it underwater and its around 18-19". mmmm, how do clams reproduce btw?

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is this a squamosa or tiger?

the LFS said its a tiger clam but i think its a squamosa....this is around 15" with mantle fully opened....not yet fully opened this...

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wat about this green plate eh? erm, can i epoxy it to the rocks?

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whoa! why do i have a pic of a harlequin tuskfish instead of me plate?

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once more, the green plate!

[big_ben102000]

thats one freaking huge clam u got there !

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my maxima! about to open.....

or can it be a crocea?

P.S: how come there is a tuskfish in my attached pic? i don have that fish AND nor do i have a pic like that in my PC. ghosts are among us......

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the gigas is around 12-13" wide, the only thing stopping its mantle from fully flapping its width are the rockscape to the left and the glass to the right. it literally took more than half the width of my tank.....does it look healthy?

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big ben bro, how are the size of tridacna clams in singapore? surely LFS there sell sizes smaller and bigger than the clams i have no?

i bought all these clams from miri, and these are average sizes....

bought the gigas for rm$150 = SGD$68-70

squamosa rm $100 = SGD$40-45

maxima rm$180 = SGD$75-80

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so clams wise, my LFS sells them cheap

last pic,

tank with clams, just acclimatizing them to te MH, not fully switched on. hmmm, the squamosa is shaded abit by the rocks....

[godzillaliu88]

big ben bro, how are the size of tridacna clams in singapore? surely LFS there sell sizes smaller and bigger than the clams i have no?

i bought all these clams from miri, and these are average sizes....

bought the gigas for rm$150 = SGD$68-70

squamosa rm $100 = SGD$40-45

maxima rm$180 = SGD$75-80

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so clams wise, my LFS sells them cheap

last pic,

tank with clams, just acclimatizing them to te MH, not fully switched on. hmmm, the squamosa is shaded abit by the rocks....

your LFS?

at where?

[big_ben102000]

hey oh i am juz a newbie .. haven seen one that is so big selling in lfs .. btw your clam collection is very nice

[jervismun]

His LFS is in Miri (Sarawak)... probably those giant clams were caught nearby... amazingly HUGE!!!

Oh bro... they mate by shooting sperm into the water... hahahaha...

[godzillaliu88]

His LFS is in Miri (Sarawak)... probably those giant clams were caught nearby... amazingly HUGE!!!

Oh bro... they mate by shooting sperm into the water... hahahaha...

sarawak. if possible. can we order clams and have it sent here?

SRC members can get a dicount? haha

[w3ish3ng]

please support our local lfs whenever possible.

[jervismun]

please support our local lfs whenever possible.

Yes... quite true... but how often do you see clams that size? Even the Maxima is HUGE!!!

[fishtalk1517]

HUGE CLAM u got there The biggest clam I got is squamosa, 6 inch only Compared to urs, mine is only baby lor .....

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my LFS is Ah Siong Aquarium in Miri. my local LFS in Brunei, Aqsa Aquatics also sell a few giant clams. I saw a gigas last time that was 3 feet big in their 8 feet show tank. Don knoe what happened to it when they renovate the place.

I herd they put back in their PADI cultivation farm cos my local LFS owns a farm in South China Sea somewhere.

The problem for me is finding small clams to put in between the small crevices. i think small clams are cute and should be mixed with giant ones.

[Power]

What a huge clam colony you have there! How are they doing now?

[jervismun]

Yeah bro 255... it's been a while... any updatez?

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really sorry for the long leave of absence bros...my internet got awry

well im back online and ive got pics of updates. many things happened during the 3 weeks of absence. here's a gist:

added livestock 3 weeks ago:

1 Desjardin Sailfin Tang

1 Scopas Tang

1 Blue Tang

1 Naso Tang

(all 2-3" in length)

1 black blenny

1 bicolor blenny

1 pink and blue watchman goby

1 orange dottyback

1 4-striped damsel

(all 1-2" in length)

Now....

I added these in a span of 3 weeks and they were bought fresh from QT tank. in a week, these died

1 Blue Tang - Ich

1 Sailfin Tang - Missing. No trace (eaten by anemone?)

1 pink and blue watchman goby - Deceased

1 orange dottyback - Missing. No trace (eaten by anemone?)

I feel like giving my 2' LTA away becos it seemed to be eating my fish - most likely suspect.

Last week i bought 1 fish ordered from Hawaii.... a Purple Tang! quite a rarity in my region's market but worth the buy. still look dodgy tho becos the Naso and Scopas i have are always zipping here and there, grazing everywhere

lets see if i have pics to share, plus the deceased perhaps

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btw, clams are doing too great! my gigas has already outgrown the tank so i had to move rocks for it to spread more. maxima is a bit pale til i changed my setting to 14K and 20K. derasa has grown abit too.

been adding Seachem Calcium and Kent Marine Minerals.

now wehre did i put the pics? *search*

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my late goby

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my late sailfin...my most beautiful fish.....well, used to be one before it went MIA..anyone thinks its still alive and hiding somewhere?

[big_ben102000]

hey how big is the sail fin ? they dont usually MIA though. they are qutie active fishes, might wanna look out for protential bullies present in the tank