29" Giga donated to Museum

[RichtheReefer21]

This was from a fb group I'm on.

Impressive size. And what a beautiful gesture to donate to their local museum aquarium. Love seeing stuff like this. <3

 

[Jon Fishman]

That’s a big clam..........

 

[RichtheReefer21]

@Lasse they get bigger than this in the channel over on ur side of the puddle!

 

[Mike.P]

That is absolutely insane! I can't believe he grew it in a home aquarium, I've never seen anything even remotely close. I'm definitely going to head over to the Downtown Aquarium (edit: not Denver Aquarium) to check that monster out... I'm glad it's in my neck of the woods. lol. ;Wideyed

 

[RichtheReefer21]

That is absolutely insane! I can't believe he grew that in a home aquarium, I've never seen anything even remotely close. I'm definitely going to head down to the Denver Aquarium to check that monster out... I'm glad it's in my neck of the woods. lol. ;Wideyed

Update this thread with pics of it in it's new home please sir!

 

[Mike.P]

Update this thread with pics of it in it's new home please sir!

Can do! It's actually a really nice aquarium, especially for being in a landlocked state, in the middle of the country. Oh, and I had my Senior Prom there, but it was called Ocean's Journey back then.

Why do I suddenly feel old? I'm thirty five. Haha!

 

[RichtheReefer21]

Can do! It's actually a really nice aquarium, especially for being in a landlocked state, in the middle of the country. Oh, and I had my Senior Prom there, but it was called Ocean's Journey back then.

Why do I suddenly feel old? I'm thirty five. Haha!

I'll click over to 35 in August. I hear ya. Weird saying, "yes, back in school, 20 years ago......"

;Dead

 

[cmcoker]

Wow, that thing is huge!
I'll be 38 in a few months.. a 20-something at work was asking if I'd seen Ace Ventura. I said, yeah in the theater. Her reply, oh I forgot you are secretly ancient.. ;Dead

 

[RichtheReefer21]

Wow, that thing is huge!
I'll be 38 in a few months.. a 20-something at work was asking if I'd seen Ace Ventura. I said, yeah in the theater. Her reply, oh I forgot you are secretly ancient.. ;Dead

Ouch ;Hurting

 

[Mike.P]

Wow, that thing is huge!
I'll be 38 in a few months.. a 20-something at work was asking if I'd seen Ace Ventura. I said, yeah in the theater. Her reply, oh I forgot you are secretly ancient.. ;Dead

Ouch ;Hurting

Ouch indeed... Right in the childhood.

 

[jda]

I got a couple of the larger Squamosa and Deresa from him. This Gigas is truly impressive. I took this when I was at his casa. That blue Maxima in the middle is probably 5.5 to 6.5 inches wide and it looks tiny in this tank. Those squamosas and deresa would not fit in a 5 gallon bucket and had to be moved in a rubbermaid.

 

[Mike.P]

I got a couple of the larger Squamosa and Deresa from him. This Gigas is truly impressive. I took this when I was at his casa. That blue Maxima in the middle is probably 5.5 to 6.5 inches wide and it looks tiny in this tank. Those squamosas and deresa would not fit in a 5 gallon bucket and had to be moved in a rubbermaid.

Do you know, is he still rehoming stuff? I would love to get my hands on a few things in there.

 

[Troy V]

Sorry to hear Josh is not bringing it to Texas. I know this was a hard decision to make. But I hope the Denver Aquarium will put up a plaque telling how this clam was donated by a hobbyist with a little bio about said hobbyist. Feats like this should be recognized and honored. It takes years of near perfect husbandry to grow out a specimen like that.

 

[campaign000]

What a good chance! Why didn't you take the big gigas？

I got a couple of the larger Squamosa and Deresa from him. This Gigas is truly impressive. I took this when I was at his casa. That blue Maxima in the middle is probably 5.5 to 6.5 inches wide and it looks tiny in this tank. Those squamosas and deresa would not fit in a 5 gallon bucket and had to be moved in a rubbermaid.

 

[jda]

Just to give you some scale, that Gigas would need an entire standard 120g tank, 4x2x2 and it then might not even fit. I don't have the room for it.

 

[Aframereef]

I grew mine to 18" but lost it during a move. I want another one so bad

 

[Denver_Josh]

Sorry to hear Josh is not bringing it to Texas. I know this was a hard decision to make. But I hope the Denver Aquarium will put up a plaque telling how this clam was donated by a hobbyist with a little bio about said hobbyist. Feats like this should be recognized and honored. It takes years of near perfect husbandry to grow out a specimen like that.

Couldn’t figure out how to move it, and wouldn’t take the risk of selling it to someone who didn’t know what they were doing. Weighed in at 102 lbs.

 

[RichtheReefer21]

What a journey

 

[CNDReef]

truly impressive

 

[sfin52]

This was from a fb group I'm on.

Impressive size. And what a beautiful gesture to donate to their local museum aquarium. Love seeing stuff like this. <3

my goodness that is huge