clam difference

[lovesalt]

I was looking through some of my old pics and found one of my derasa of 1 1/2 years ago, I took a new one today, Wow what a difference. That clam is really growing!!

I went shopping, of course and got a new clown, a naked clown!
Here is a picture of him with his buddies!

Also another picture of the whole tank.

 

[nano_reeflover]

Your clown is naked!!

 

[goby2004]

omg! it looks SOOO FUNNY! but he is so cute at the same time! he needs some abs tho...... then your set

where the heck do you get a naked clown?

 

[Meche]

Sweet clown dude!

I saw one at LFS that only had the top 1/3 of the middle stripe. Almost naked! :lol:

 

[lovesalt]

Thanks all, I got him at The Shark Reef. I thought it was cute so, he comes home with me!

 

[SueT]

thats an amazing difference in the clam. and the clown is way too cute too... I had no idea what to expect the pic to be of a naked clown.

 

[kendog261]

Very nice did you change to a diferent k rating of bulbs it looks much more blue.

 

[lovesalt]

same 14k bulb but it is new just changed the bulb 2wks ago.

 

[marinegeek101]

Wow nice clam! I hope mine gets that nice!

 

[SharkReef]

Looking good April!!! Those naked clowns are awesome, huh!?

 

[class clown]

1 1/2 years did all that? wow! how much difference is there in size do you think? from the pics, it looks like a significant amount.

 

[lovesalt]

I think it was about 3 inches of growth. The clam is 8 1/2 inches now and when I got it, it was 3 inches. I have had it about 3 years.

 

[class clown]

:shock: :shock: :shock: That's great. I'm impressed. That's not considered "normal" growth for clams is it? I don't know much about them, but obviously your tank conditions are such that the clam is very happy.

 

[DonW]

:shock: :shock: :shock: That's great. I'm impressed. That's not considered "normal" growth for clams is it? I don't know much about them, but obviously your tank conditions are such that the clam is very happy.

A couple inches of shell are year is about normal, after about 10" dursa's slow down a little.

Don

 

[lovesalt]

hopefully mine will slow down a little, running out of space!!! I may have to get that bigger tank sooner rather than later!

 

[SueT]

the bigger clams like derasa, squamosa and gigas grow really fast in good water quality conditions. April, it looks like you have that going on in your reef tank.