Cocos Island Maximas

denverjon · Jan 7, 2019

I'm thinking of buying one from Diver's Den. What's everyone experience with them? I don't know anything about Cocos Island and just want to make sure they're not as difficult to keep as the Tahitian maximas.

jda · Jan 8, 2019

Divers Den sucks, IMO. Clams that I get from them die within a day or two of arrival... even a crappy clam can live for a few months before dying, so this has to be something that they do to them.

I got this Coco's from Animal Attraction in Greeley. It is alive after a few months. No growth yet, so no idea how it is going to turn out.

Ultra Aquatics · Jan 8, 2019

I bought a clam a few weeks ago from DD. Came in DOA. Sent pictures and got a full refund.

I wouldn’t buy a clam from them again.

bsagea · Jan 8, 2019

Any clams I purchased from them the past 2 plus years all died- LA or DD. I would put them into my tank with other clams that I had for months that were healthy and thriving. Next thing I know, the one from LA or DD is dead in a few days and then all the others die as well. None of the ones I currently have in my tank came from LA or DD. They have been in there about 6 - 7 months at the longest and they are healthy and thriving, showing great growth and mantle extension.

DSC reef · Jan 8, 2019

I agree with all above, I'd avoid divers den at all cost.

denverjon · Jan 8, 2019

Thanks for the feedback. That's a unanimous vote against DD so I think I'll look elsewhere.

hart24601 · Jan 8, 2019

bsagea said:
Any clams I purchased from them the past 2 plus years all died- LA or DD. I would put them into my tank with other clams that I had for months that were healthy and thriving. Next thing I know, the one from LA or DD is dead in a few days and then all the others die as well. None of the ones I currently have in my tank came from LA or DD. They have been in there about 6 - 7 months at the longest and they are healthy and thriving, showing great growth and mantle extension.

I had exact same thing happen. Killed all the others.

ocboat · Jan 9, 2019

bsagea said:
Any clams I purchased from them the past 2 plus years all died- LA or DD. I would put them into my tank with other clams that I had for months that were healthy and thriving. Next thing I know, the one from LA or DD is dead in a few days and then all the others die as well. None of the ones I currently have in my tank came from LA or DD. They have been in there about 6 - 7 months at the longest and they are healthy and thriving, showing great growth and mantle extension.

My exact same situation.

Ellery · Jan 10, 2019

When I setup a dedicated clam tank early fall last year I wanted 2 of every type of clam. I ordered 9 clams from L.A. and only the 1 I got direct shipped from OR A is still alive. I HAVE ALSO TRIED 6 OF THE jumbo Maxima from US and no luck with those either. The only ones left are from my LFS from Bali I believe.

hart24601 · Jan 10, 2019

Ellery said:
When I setup a dedicated clam tank early fall last year I wanted 2 of every type of clam. I ordered 9 clams from L.A. and only the 1 I got direct shipped from OR A is still alive. I HAVE ALSO TRIED 6 OF THE jumbo Maxima from US and no luck with those either. The only ones left are from my LFS from Bali I believe.

Dude... Are you me? Lol sounds exactly like my build thread...

Ellery · Jan 10, 2019

hart24601 said:
Dude... Are you me? Lol sounds exactly like my build thread...

Haha sounds like it. I am glutton for clam punishment recently. I am still trying to find a better source and trying to figure out how to maintain these guys in my SPS dominant system.

OriginalUserName · Jan 14, 2019

+1 all my DD clams died. I'm wanting to give clams another shot and I'm looking elsewhere for sure.

TexasReefer82 · Jan 14, 2019

To those of you who had deaths from DD clams that also killed your other existing clams... How long did you wait before adding another clam to your tank? And was this fallow period long enough to eliminate whatever pathogen was present and allow the new clam to survive?

VR28man · Jan 15, 2019

Yikes! I thought clams were fairly easy once they got settled. This is gotten me skittish, though my clam (from @PacificEastAquaculture ) seems to be doing well

ocboat · Jan 16, 2019

TexasReefer82 said:
To those of you who had deaths from DD clams that also killed your other existing clams... How long did you wait before adding another clam to your tank? And was this fallow period long enough to eliminate whatever pathogen was present and allow the new clam to survive?

I waited around 6-8 months before adding a small squamosa. I now have 5 clams with the squamosa being over a year old now with no issues.

NickK · Jan 17, 2019

How do ya'll acclimate a clam that has been shipped overnight?

With fish I like to:

Match my quarantine tank salinity and temp to the shipping water
immediately take the fish out of the shipping water and toss it in the QT

I've heard that when fresh oxygen hits the dirty water that the fish has been peeing in for the last 24 hours there is an ammonia and PH spike.

Liveaquaria recommends drip acclimating, but I've seen clams go down hill while drip acclimating for 3 hours.

Thoughts?