Blue teardrop maxima clams used to be so common that Reefer Madness alone would serve up a couple each week. In the last few years the supply of blue teardop maxima clams has dried up to a trickle and this is the first showstopping large blue teardrop maxima we’ve seen in a long time. We showed up at Oculus Aquatics just as this blue teardrop Tridacna maxima was being bagged up and we carted this show specimen through the garage doors and into the sunshine. While the blue teardrop clam was getting a photosynthetic treat, we shot this short movie to remind everyone why the blue teardrop maxima clam used to be the bee’s knees.
We haven’t seen an incredible blue teardrop maxima clam like this in a long time
Jake Adams
Jake Adams has been an avid marine aquarist since the mid 90s and has worked in the retail side of the marine aquarium trade for more than ten years. He has a bachelor’s degree in Marine Science and has been the managing editor of ReefBuilders.com since 2008. Jake is interested in every facet of the marine aquarium hobby from the concepts to the technology, rare fish to exotic corals, and his interests are well documented through a very prolific career of speaking to reef clubs and marine aquarium events, and writing articles for aquarium publications across the globe. His primary interest is in corals which Jake pursues in the aquarium hobby as well as diving the coral reefs of the world.
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