ORA Maxima Clams

[House of Laughter]

I think everyone should stick their hands in at once and see what comes of it -

I got a big can of WA, so watch it Drzl ;-)

H

 

[nanoreefer22]

I have enough dull colors I want blue!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[spykes]

isnt your squamosa blue?

 

[Dmitry]

I've got 2 250w MHs and 2 55w actinic T5s. Is that enough light??

 

[jhale]

I've got 2 250w MHs and 2 55w actinic T5s. Is that enough light??

yes. but you also need the room for these guys to grow. they live a long time and grow pretty big. so if you have a small tank your going to have to plan on getting a bigger one, or selling the clams.

 

[stingnyc]

New List:

1# spykes- 2
2# hitsnorth-1
3# slamajama-1
4# stingnyc- 1
5# rickytsui- 2
6# gforce- 2
7# dimitry- 1
8# jenniebutterfly- 1
9# house- 1

 

[stingnyc]

I'll take one too -

H

Jim,

Are you sure you want one? Remeber the last group buy?

 

[cali_reef]

Steve, I'll take one.

 

[stingnyc]

1# spykes- 2
2# hitsnorth-1
3# slamajama-1
4# stingnyc- 1
5# rickytsui- 2
6# gforce- 2
7# dimitry- 1
8# jenniebutterfly- 1
9# house- 1
10# cali reef- 1

 

[stingnyc]

That's my ORA Ultra grade from the spring group buy. If they say they're ultra grade, I'd believe them.

BC

bc,

how was they last group buy? any doa's and what was the avg size of the clams from ora?

-steve

 

[stingnyc]

Im thinkin I want one too but I need the process of selection explained thoroughly, is it gonna be a crazy mad dash, or pick a number out of a hat and take a pick.Either way I feel like ill go psycho :banghead:

i thought it would be fun to do this... i leave it up to you guys to figure out the selection process. any thoughts?

-steve

 

[Dmitry]

I have a 72 bow and very few corals in it. So there's definitely room (I do have serious problems with coral placement - I'm just never sure how close they can be to one another and all that other stuff). Anyway, there's definitely room on the bottom, and perhaps even further up. And if it does grow too big (which would be a nice feat!) I can always sell it or trade it for a smaller one...

Now, how do hermit crabs not fall into it?

 

[jhale]

that's up to the hermit crab

just don't put the clam under a rock, which you would NOT do any way.
because the clam needs the most light out of anything in your tank.
clams get the best spots in the tank. they need good flow over them, but not anything direct like a power head.

 

[House of Laughter]

Steve,

I think you should do numbers in a hat - have people pick the numbers and then call out the numbers starting with 1. People can grab whatever they want - the "chance" is in the number you randomly pick, not in the clam choice.

That's my vote.

House

 

[spykes]

im about to relocate mine, but im afraid of mine sticking itself into the rock, my 20 doesnt have enough room for it to be placed on rocks tho, hopefullyt it's getting enough light.

 

[spykes]

i was thinking about finishing the clam tank today i mean like cut the glass and silcone it and let steve use it at the frag swap. whatcha think?

jim i was thinking a number next to the clam, and by random ppl pick a number out of a bag and match the clam.

 

[jhale]

i thought it would be fun to do this... i leave it up to you guys to figure out the selection process. any thoughts?

-steve

numbers in hat
draw straws
people who want to pick pay more,
first pick costs the most last costs the least
have a "fear factor" eating contest. person who eats the
most peanut worms (kris) and bristle worms gets first pick.

 

[spykes]

0o upgrade peanut worms to bristle

 

[jhale]

i was thinking about finishing the clam tank today i mean like cut the glass and silcone it and let steve use it at the frag swap. whatcha think?

think about how much water you will need to make and carry over, let alone the weight of that tank. you also need to bring something to put the tank on. we can't have tanks sitting on the nice wood dance floor.

 

[jhale]

0o upgrade peanut worms to bristle

read that again I included the B worms :bigeyes2: