August POTM "CLAMS"

[Pennies2Cents]

Charter Members:

Beginning August 1st. submissions will be accepted. August POTM will be photos of your "CLAMS" Good Luck! :applause:

RULES: Please read Sticky in POTM Forum about POTM rules prior to posting your pics.

Post your picture in this thread.

All submissions must be posted here by Friday August 7th .

Monthly Prizes include:
a) Maast T-shirt
b) Picture Featured on Home Page
c) Picture on the front page of the Newsletter.

Good Luck to all.

Thanks
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[aggman]

ok lets seem those clams!!!

~alex

[jroescher]

http://johnroescher.com/images/100_2092%20(1).jpg

[Gseclipse02]

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j11/gseclipse02/IMG_8839.jpg

[Mr Cob]

Julian and John...nice pics! I was waiting to see some clams! Those look great!

[Mr Cob]

Julian, maybe Giau will post one of your "big boy" he got from you just to tease you. LOL!

[OrionN]

http://home.grandecom.net/~mnguyen/Clams%202.jpg

[Gseclipse02]

Julian, maybe Giau will post one of your "big boy" he got from you just to tease you. LOL!


lol ... i wanted to post a pic of one of my others but none of them are as good as that one

[aggman]

hey robb that macro was nice. you should repost it.

edit: oops nevermind, i see why it was taken off.

~alex

[aquasport24]

Here you go Rob.
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg305/aquasport24/DSC_0849.jpg
No macro lense, this clam just that big.

[Pennies2Cents]

Great Pix, Keep'em coming! :)

[Mr Cob]

Now that's a sick pic Giau!

[mikedelgado]

heres one of mine
http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w256/mikedelgado_2007/DSCN2109.jpg

[aggman]

Here you go Rob.
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg305/aquasport24/DSC_0849.jpg
No macro lense, this clam just that big.

:hypnotyized::hypnotyized::hypnotyized: :hypnotyized::hypnotyized::hypnotyized:

wow...

~alex

[jc]

http://i314.photobucket.com/albums/ll412/jc1of2/Picture002-1.jpg

[Gseclipse02]

http://i314.photobucket.com/albums/ll412/jc1of2/Picture002-1.jpg


i love your clams !!!

[Mr Cob]

Really nice shot Jacob!!!

[Beverly]

Nice...all of em.

[MRSBIGBIRD123]

Well here is the 9" Squamosa in my tank. It is covered in Sponges, Zoas and Mushrooms.

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j20/onebrickstrait/DSC02418.jpg

[OrionN]

Nice pictures of some very healthy and big clams

[Dee]

I got this from greenmako...my anniversary present from hubby. I love it and it seems to really like the LED lighting in my Solana.
Dee

[Gseclipse02]

I got this from greenmako...my anniversary present from hubby. I love it and it seems to really like the LED lighting in my Solana.
Dee


is it me or is your nem touching your clam ???

[OrionN]

IME, my anemone (H. magnifica) does not bother my clams at all.

[jroescher]

I have a clam that was basically inside the tentacles of an anemone for awhile and didn't seem to bother it all. I moved it several times and it would always move right back into it. Startle it and it would clam down on a tentacle.

[Dee]

Yes it is...it's been moving around lately and it planted there a couple days ago. I've been watching the clam and it doesn't seem stressed by it. Should I look for anything particular? I can't move the clam...it's foot is set on the rock.

Dee


is it me or is your nem touching your clam ???

[OrionN]

You don't need to do anything. However, if you want to move the clam, you can always cut it loode and move it. I would not recommend this but you can do it without damage to the clam

[Dee]

I don't have another spot for it. The tank is only 34gallons and I've got SPS frags all over LOL. The nem stayed in the spot I wanted it for the first couple of weeks...then got sucked into the tunze, but luckily didn't hit the propeller inside. After a week of sulking at the bottom of the tank it went back to the original spot and then started moving around a week after that. It's attached to the side of the clam now and I can see part of the mantle near it not coming out as full as the other side, but it's not a horrible difference. It's also touching an SPS and occasionally some zoas and it doesn't appear to be stinging them at all, which I thought was interesting.

[Pennies2Cents]

Any more pics out there???????

[wesheltonj]

yes, soon

[puretexn]

My clam lost a little color, and does not respond to much anymore.

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/8643/img1255c.jpg

but on the bright side, The bi-colored angel was as happy as could be.

PT

[JimD]

Ok, what the heck.

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p114/JimD_photo/DSC00276.jpg

[aggman]

^^^ nice.

doesn't anyone have a beautiful gold teardrop maxima to show off?

~alex

[OrionN]

Back in 2002 I imported a bunch of Teardrop Maxima from Vietnam and donated some to MAAST to sell to member for fund raising. Anybody still have any of these maxima at this time? I would love to see a picture of one of these

[JimD]

Wow, I almost kinda remember that... What name did you have then?

[OrionN]

I just trade the last of those clam for my H. mganifica last year. I was always Minh, but decided to use OrionN as online name.
I think it was either 2002 or 2003 around October.

[jrsatx20]

eve where is ur clam

[Pennies2Cents]

I will get it up soon! :)

[Neptune@gabesfish]

My clam lost a little color, and does not respond to much anymore.

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/8643/img1255c.jpg

but on the bright side, The bi-colored angel was as happy as could be.

PT


That is funny stuff!! This one gets my vote ..

[cbianco]

Yes I do.

Now ask if I have a camera to take a picture of it, lol. :bigsmile:

Christopher


^^^ nice.

doesn't anyone have a beautiful gold teardrop maxima to show off?

~alex

[Dee]

Geez...do you know my husband? He would also post a photo like that. He posted red slime on another forums POTM where the theme is "red".

Dee


That is funny stuff!! This one gets my vote ..

[Pennies2Cents]

ok, here is ours! :)

http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv47/Maast-Photos/Clam4.jpg

[Pennies2Cents]

Ok, what the heck.

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p114/JimD_photo/DSC00276.jpg

Beautiful Pic Jim.....:applause:

[tony]

this is going to be a tough one, great pics guys/gals!!!

[hobogato]

here is a group pic back when i had the clam tank

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC01115-1.jpg

[Pennies2Cents]

here is a group pic back when i had the clam tank

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC01115-1.jpg

Love it! :):hypnotyized:

[OrionN]

Ace,
That is a beautiful picture. What happen to that tank? Do you still have any of these clams?

[Gseclipse02]

here is a group pic back when i had the clam tank

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC01115-1.jpg.

ok you won:applause:

[hobogato]

thanks for the compliments. no minh, i no longer have a tank at home.

[fishypets]

Game over.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC01115-1.jpg[/QUOTE]

[wesheltonj]

So much for taking pictures tonight.

[OrionN]

Picture of a clam and montipora cap. in my previous tank

http://home.grandecom.net/~mnguyen/788ClamGreenMCap2.JPG

[JimD]

Hey ya'll but,,,, #3.... Sorry..
http://www.maast.org/forums/showthread.php?t=52095

[hobogato]

well, since i dont have a current tank, i guess i cant participate any more.

mods, please edit my first post for me since it is past the time that i can edit, thanks

[JimD]

Im just going to leave them, theyre fun to look at, just wont be included in the poll... What is the green clam to the far left in your picture? Hipoppus? Looks cool...

[OrionN]

... What is the green clam to the far left in your picture? Hipoppus? Looks cool...
That is a T. gigas

[JimD]

Really? Never seen a Gigas with a mantle like that...

[OrionN]

That is a typical mantle of a Gigas. That was what mine look like. Mine was 20 inches when the tank crash killed him. I got him when he was 1.5 inches in Seatlle WA 1997

[msmith619]

What is the green clam to the far left in your picture? Hipoppus? Looks cool...

Looks like a Tridacna Squamosa to me

[hobogato]

minh is correct. it was an aquacultured gigas that i got at CB pets. i had it for years, but it never grew larger than 12" because the two halves of its shell were not connected.

[Mr Cob]

puretxn...HAHA! That's funny!

Jim, Eve, Ace, Minh....AWESOME clams and shots!!! Love it!

[OrionN]

thanks for the compliments. no minh, i no longer have a tank at home.
When did you take your large tank down? What happened?

[beareef19]

Here mine
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo85/beareef19/fish/P1000393.jpg

[Pennies2Cents]

Today Friday August 7 at 10pm this submission thread will be closed. No more entries will be accepted. Thanks to all that have submitted their entries. This looks like its going to be a good race. Good Luck to all.

[Mr Cob]

Lots of great submissions!!!

[Pennies2Cents]

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