Blue Squamosa clams appear in small batch at Renaissance Aquatics

Ah the Blue Squamosa Clam, the rarest color form of the widely available Tridacna squamosa is almost never seen, but a “big” batch of these rare gems is already in the United States. Any given year, we may see one,…

DeJong Marinelife scores a beautiful crop of Tuamotu Maxima Clams

Giant clams are the jewels of the reef and of reef aquariums but for all their glory, we spend way too little time talking about Tridacna clams. It’s been a while since we’ve touched on them, but at a recent…

Showpiece blue Derasa clam headed to the Northeast

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…

Bicolor maxima clam from Reefkoi is a new color pattern to us

Aberrations in giant clams are not unheard of but they are few and far between. There is one extreme example of a bicolor maxima clam from Tamotu and Reefkoi has previously had a gold foil maxima clam but his latest…

Clam on a Half Shell and Jumbo Mysis Shrimp added to Hikari’s frozen food lineup

Clam on a half shell and Jumbo Mysis Shrimp are two new additions to the expanding line of frozen food from Hikari. Compared to PE Mysis, the standard-issue frozen mysis from Hikari is on the small end and often used…

Micro Sun LED clamp light from WavePoint

WavePoint is rolling out the Micro Sun LED lamp in two different sizes and three color combinations at a price that won’t break the bank. The clip-on lamp is ideal for nano aquariums and will be available in a 6…

Sexy blue spotted squamosa clam from Vietnam appears at Reefkoi

If you needed any indication that the reef aquarium season is ramping up, other than the plethora of livestock posts we’ve published recently, then this blue spotted squamosa clam from Reefkoi ought to be a good indicator. Reefkoi’s been tanking…

Gold foil blue maxima clam from ReefKoi is practically one of a kind

The gold foil maxima clam is a particulalry unique mutation we’ve seen only once before in giant clams. The unusual Tridacna maxima clam from ReefKoi has the pattern of an average high quality blue maxima, but the normally all blue…

Tool use is suggested by a clam-smashing tuskfish (angelfish know what’s up)

An individual of Choerodon schoenleinii was photographed on the Southern Great Barrier Reef carefully positioning a clam in its mouth to smash against a rock. By Jane Goodall’s definition of tool use this tuskfish was definitely using an “external object…

Reef Lamp Clamp from BoostLED is an affordable and flexible mounting option for LED spotlights

The Reef Lamp Clamp from BoostLED is a new incandescent base fixture that is designed to hold PAR30 LED spotlights. Small tanks are notoriously hard to light with nice even lighting but BoostLED has an answer to this problem. Their…