Clams, Clams and MORE Clams

Being lucky enough to be local, we just got back from Coral Props, with our gorgeous Ultra Taumotu Maxima, and a couple frags! While there, I took a bunch of pics of all the small clams in QT. Oh, in case you haven't got his newsletter, Henk got in quite a few small clams, T. derasa, T. maxima and T. crocea. They'll be coming out of QT and posted on Coral Props website, very soon. Angie picked out 5 that she wants, Madison picked out 1 and I'd be happy taking them all! LOL They're ALL AMAZING!!!

Those photos will be posted soon.

Here we go.

For those of you who are not familiar with CoralProps, it's a green house coral propagation facility, relying completely on natural sunlight. Please keep in mind, as viewing these photos, they are lit ONLY by natural sunlight. Oh and it was overcast, while we were there. No photoshopping at all. Pics uploaded directly from camera, and posted directly to here.

Some of the clams, currently in QT.



This is one Angie really wants, so BACK OFF!





I hope to make this baby mine....



and this one...





Now to a few of the BIG BRUTES!! These next clams range from, oh I'd say 5" - 7" and are currently on CoralProps website.



This beauty is in our tank!! This pic is from the greenhouse and pics, in my tank will be taken, tomorrow.

Some more of the BRUTES. These guys are SO healthy and quick to react. I had to sneak up on them, from a bit of an angle, to keep them from snapping closed if my shadow crossed over them.





DROOOOL!!!!



Did I mention this one is already in my tank?? Greenhouse pic



Random coral pics

Montipora undata



Really cool cream colored M. digitata, with purple polyps.



purdy purple tipped Acropora



Okay, that's enough. Time to drool over my clam!!

Nice pics congrats on the new additions!!

I won't clutter up Coral Props forum with many of my own pictures, but here's my granddaughter, Patience, "helping" me acclimate our clam.





and a low light, sneak peak of it, in our tank.

Nice stuff. Ill be checking out Henks site for the rest of them.

Here's the first photo I took of it, during our field trip, Feb. 20, 2011, while it was still in QT.



Here's a photo, from yesterday, at the greenhouse, in his system, receiving more sunlight than in QT.



Here it is, in my tank. Just got home, and took this photo, a few minutes ago. Unfortunately, shooting it through the glass, doesn't really show the different shades of beautiful green.



The clam actually looks much like Coral Props photos, on his website. The difference in the above photos is because the final photo, taken in my tank, is from the side, instead of from the top. With clams, this makes a HUGE difference!

Beautiful clam!

Yes that clam is amazing!

But...... Just back from the airport with a new load of Polynesian clams. I saw a couple of them that look just amazing. Will have a better look tomorrow morning when there is more light in the greenhouse. I'll try to make a picture of them in the coming days.

The little clams are now available on our website. Have fun!

More Polynesian clams of 5 and 6" will be posted in approx 2.5 weeks.

ohhhh credit card..... will you love me back if I let you buy me a clam?? hehehe

the gold ultra maxi's definitely have me thinking.... hmmmmm, maybe its time to frag to finance more clams!!