ORA Aquacultured Gigas Clams - Now Available!

Cali9dub · Jul 23, 2019

I have a gigas coming tomorrow to add to my derasa and squamosa. Hopefully it fares as well as yours !

jsvand5 · Jul 23, 2019

Here is mine today.

OrionN · Jul 23, 2019

Very nice. I think I can see the new growth on his shell. These guys grow VERY FAST.

NemNation · Jul 23, 2019

I wish there were better color variants of these.

jsvand5 · Jul 23, 2019

OrionN said:
Very nice. I think I can see the new growth on his shell. These guys grow VERY FAST.

It’s definitely grown a bit. Eventually I plan to move it to my 90 cube and take all the rock out and make it basically a tank just for the clam.

OrionN · Jul 23, 2019

Plan to keep them in about at least 8-12 inches under the water or else they may squirt water up and burn out your light.

jsvand5 · Jul 24, 2019

OrionN said:
Plan to keep them in about at least 8-12 inches under the water or else they may squirt water up and burn out your light.

I think that should work for quite a while at least. Tank is 3x2x2. I may plumb it into the 210g to try to make keeping the calcium and alk stable easier.

ccncomm · Jul 24, 2019

hart24601 said:
Top down. Chalk bass don't care...

Great pic. I look forward to seeing my new orders in the tank

hart24601 · Jul 24, 2019

ccncomm said:
Great pic. I look forward to seeing my new orders in the tank

Thanks! I have some new growth pics in this thread linked below. I didn't want them to get lost in this vendor thread over time.

Gigas Grow Out Thread

Any new updates or clams?

www.reef2reef.com

User1 · Jul 24, 2019

How are these shipped out of curisoty? Direct from Ora to door?

I've read too many horror stories of hobbyists buying clams from LA/DD and dyeing within a week or two. Actually wondering not trying to be mean but I've written them off for any and all clams.

Cali9dub · Jul 24, 2019

saf1 said:
How are these shipped out of curisoty? Direct from Ora to door?

I've read too many horror stories of hobbyists buying clams from LA/DD and dyeing within a week or two. Actually wondering not trying to be mean but I've written them off for any and all clams.

My LFS just called ORA, put in an order and they shipped them. But they need a minimum order. He called Friday got them today.

hart24601 · Jul 24, 2019

If you order from the ORA section of liveaquaria's site it's from ORA to your door. You can tell as it says on those items "ships from Florida"

User1 · Jul 24, 2019

hart24601 said:
If you order from the ORA section of liveaquaria's site it's from ORA to your door. You can tell as it says on those items "ships from Florida"

Thanks for the info.

OrionN · Jul 29, 2019

The price decreased to 139.99
My second Gigas have recovered and stat to grow again.

the first Gigas have about 1/4 inch of growth since 7/10/2019

Macdaddynick1 · Jul 30, 2019

OrionN said:
The price decreased to 139.99
My second Gigas have recovered and stat to grow again.

the first Gigas have about 1/4 inch of growth since 7/10/2019

That’s two weeks. I was not expecting this much growth out of these guys. I guess I have to upgrade sooner than expected. Is your Gigas that dark in person? The mantle on mine looks a lot more translucent. Not bleached but seems a bit less densely populated with algae. Or is it your camera that makes them look this dark?

OrionN · Jul 30, 2019

The pictures I took is pretty accurate in coloration. That is how they look face to face. They were a bit tanslucent on arrival but really color up in my tank. Posts #63 and #65 (on page 4) are pictures of Gigas #1 on arrival, he was in my office tank for 24 hrs.

jsvand5 · Jul 30, 2019

I may have screwed mine up. I was doing maintenance and bumped it off it’s rock while siphoning the bottom. All of the threads anchoring it pulled off but I don’t think the actual foot is damaged too much. Seems to be opened nicely again but I’m a little concerned it might go south over the next few days.

DrDNA · Aug 7, 2019

I just ordered one from ORA via Liveaquaria. Really stoked to have a gigas again. Had one many years ago that grew from around 6" to almost 30" in a few years. Very fast growers when happy

RobMcC · Nov 16, 2019

Resurrecting this thread. How are everyone’s clams doing? Mine has doubled in size even with California fire power cuts! Super hardy.

User1 · Nov 16, 2019

I personally ended up going with 2 Maxima's from Pacific East Aquaculture. One blue, one gold. I'm considering a Gigas but knowing that they get large may just stay with what I have.