Showpiece blue Derasa clam headed to the Northeast

By on Jan 05, 2012

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You can get blue croceas and blue maxima clams all day long but for some reason blue is the holy grail coloration of Tridacna maxima and Tridacna derasa clams. Blue Maxima clams are show-stopping dramatic looking clams but blue Derasa clams are much more rare in the American reef aquarium scene.

Very soon visitors to Jay’s Aquatics in Salem, New Hampshire will be graced by the sheer presence of a nice big, 10″ blue Derasa clam. But this is no ordinary fresh wild Tridacna derasa clam, this one has been baking under artificial aquarium light and conditioning in the show tanks of Oculus Aquatics for over a year and half. Lucky clam!

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  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_QSDPQ6KDZJ64Q25D2NVBTL2YTM wood

    Now this is a serious clam.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=704609972 Julian Wilson

    Nice but i bet its not quite that colourful, look at the sand, its pink where someone has over saturated it in photoshop!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_RK4IIXJZXBZQA3SGUL66BGRXNI chad

    would like to see a shot that isnt top down

  • Anonymous

    its true all clams look awesome when viewed top down but i’ve seen blue derasas like this in person. they are definitely different than your typical derasa from any angle 

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=25818168 Matt Goldberg

    You mean the pink from coralline algae?