Clam ID please

HABS#1 · 04/15/2008, 10:29 AM

It is almost a diamond shape and it attaches with an almost tail like thing at the top and moves around the tank with it it is a purple/brown colour shell anyone know what it is and if it is safe? It came attached to some live rocks I picked up.

Savas · 04/15/2008, 12:12 PM

you may want to take a better picture.

HABS#1 · 04/15/2008, 12:34 PM

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Originally posted by Savas
you may want to take a better picture.

Ya that was the best angle I could get LOL. I am going to try it again after.

Savas · 04/15/2008, 12:35 PM

I was just trying to give you bump...

HABS#1 · 04/15/2008, 12:59 PM

No worries I got some better pics anyhow

HABS#1 · 04/15/2008, 04:31 PM

so any ideas at all????

rafa316 · 04/15/2008, 04:33 PM

nope

HABS#1 · 04/15/2008, 04:39 PM

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Originally posted by rafa316
nope

LOL thanks it arrived on some liverock and I have not been able to find a pic of this thing anyplace.

matt880305 · 04/15/2008, 05:44 PM

looks like a scallop

NYIntensity · 04/15/2008, 05:57 PM

Habs over leafs, sabres over leafs, sens over leafs, who doesn't beat them?

pagojoe · 04/15/2008, 06:01 PM

Nah, it's not a scallop, it's a pearl oyster, but I don't have any of my references here to ID it. I'll see if I can find it on the net.

Cheers,

Don

pagojoe · 04/15/2008, 06:26 PM

If it's not Pinctada radiata, it's a close relative:

http://www.dkimages.com/discover/Hom...-Oyster-1.html

Cheers,

Don

Aquarist007 · 04/15/2008, 06:38 PM

I agree with pagojoe but you can always repost in the clam forum for other opionions

HABS#1 · 04/15/2008, 07:55 PM

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Originally posted by pagojoe
If it's not Pinctada radiata, it's a close relative:

http://www.dkimages.com/discover/Hom...-Oyster-1.html

Cheers,

Don

Well it looks very similar but a little more square.

04/15/2008, 12:12 PM	#2
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04/15/2008, 12:35 PM	#4
Savas Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Maryland / St. Thomas once a month Posts: 764	I was just trying to give you bump... __________________ If you can get your wife hooked into reef keeping, you can spend all the money you want! Current Tank Info: 24 gallon Aquapod Nanotuners 4.32 T-5 lighting upgrade; 24 gallon Aquapod with stock power compacts and actinic lighting; 12 gallon Aquapod with stock power compacts and actinic lighting.

04/15/2008, 12:59 PM	#5
HABS#1 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: London Ontario Canada Posts: 552	No worries I got some better pics anyhow __________________ If you can dream it you can do it Just remember one thing it was all started by a mouse 25 before 12 HABS over the Leafs every time... Current Tank Info: 75 gal mixed. 2 Ocellaris clowns 2 Bluegreen chromis 1 PJ cardinal 1 blue tang 1 red reefstarfish 1 cleaner shrimp 1 Peppermint shrimp 1 BTA 1 Xenia 1 Lavender mushroom green open brain various CUC (coming soon 1 copperband butterfly)

04/15/2008, 04:31 PM	#6
HABS#1 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: London Ontario Canada Posts: 552	so any ideas at all???? __________________ If you can dream it you can do it Just remember one thing it was all started by a mouse 25 before 12 HABS over the Leafs every time... Current Tank Info: 75 gal mixed. 2 Ocellaris clowns 2 Bluegreen chromis 1 PJ cardinal 1 blue tang 1 red reefstarfish 1 cleaner shrimp 1 Peppermint shrimp 1 BTA 1 Xenia 1 Lavender mushroom green open brain various CUC (coming soon 1 copperband butterfly)

04/15/2008, 04:33 PM	#7
rafa316 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 411	nope __________________ "if I asked the general public what they wanted they would have said they wanted a faster horse" Henry Ford Current Tank Info: 75g. - Rena xP4 Canister Filter - 65w T5 -2 inch sandbed - 60lbs live rock - 2 Ocellaris Clownfish - 1 Yellow Watchman Gobie - 6 Nassaiurs Snails - 1 Bumblebee Snail - 2 Emerald Crabs - 1 Red Legged Hermit Crab

04/15/2008, 10:29 AM	#1
HABS#1 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: London Ontario Canada Posts: 552	Clam ID please It is almost a diamond shape and it attaches with an almost tail like thing at the top and moves around the tank with it it is a purple/brown colour shell anyone know what it is and if it is safe? It came attached to some live rocks I picked up. __________________ If you can dream it you can do it Just remember one thing it was all started by a mouse 25 before 12 HABS over the Leafs every time... Current Tank Info: 75 gal mixed. 2 Ocellaris clowns 2 Bluegreen chromis 1 PJ cardinal 1 blue tang 1 red reefstarfish 1 cleaner shrimp 1 Peppermint shrimp 1 BTA 1 Xenia 1 Lavender mushroom green open brain various CUC (coming soon 1 copperband butterfly)

04/15/2008, 05:44 PM	#9
matt880305 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: montgomery, il Posts: 844	looks like a scallop

04/15/2008, 05:57 PM	#10
NYIntensity Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 330	Habs over leafs, sabres over leafs, sens over leafs, who doesn't beat them? __________________ -Jeremy "Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur"

04/15/2008, 06:01 PM	#11
pagojoe Team RC Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Conroe, TX Posts: 2,761	Nah, it's not a scallop, it's a pearl oyster, but I don't have any of my references here to ID it. I'll see if I can find it on the net. Cheers, Don

04/15/2008, 06:26 PM	#12
pagojoe Team RC Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Conroe, TX Posts: 2,761	If it's not Pinctada radiata, it's a close relative: http://www.dkimages.com/discover/Hom...-Oyster-1.html Cheers, Don

04/15/2008, 06:38 PM	#13
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	I agree with pagojoe but you can always repost in the clam forum for other opionions __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock