TEARDROP MAXIMA CLAMS... Show off thread / Who can source em

KingTideCorals · Mar 14, 2022

Time to show off those Teardrop clams! Lets see what you got!

In the market to snag a nice clam as well... Looking for that choice one... Where you at @PacificEastAquaculture

Photo Credit: @reefbuilders

Chrisv. · Mar 14, 2022

From time to time @PacificEastAquaculture can help!

Overboard · Mar 14, 2022

Pacific East had several shipments last year. Some really, really cool stuff. I bet they will get more again this year. I believe they have an annual permit/quota process to follow. If anyone can get them, PEA will.

Search some of their postings from last year. You will see some exceptional clams.

KingTideCorals · Mar 14, 2022

Overboard said:
Pacific East had several shipments last year. Some really, really cool stuff. I bet they will get more again this year. I believe they have an annual permit/quota process to follow. If anyone can get them, PEA will.

Search some of their postings from last year. You will see some exceptional clams.

Patiently waiting..

Overboard · Mar 14, 2022

Looking back, I think their first batch last year was around May. Don’t know if that will be the case this year, but they got in multiple batches last year.

Overboard · Mar 14, 2022

From PEA post last year. We saw clams like this in the early 2000’s but they were always special and infrequent. Then, they were virtually absent from the hobby for 15+ years (at least to my knowledge) except for some gold versions. So happy
to see them again! Always my favorite clam. Hope you get one!!

Chrisv. · Mar 14, 2022

Overboard said:
From PEA post last year. We saw clams like this in the early 2000’s but they were always special and infrequent. Then, they were virtually absent from the hobby for 15+ years (at least to my knowledge) except for some gold versions. So happy
to see them again! Always my favorite clam. Hope you get one!!

That clam is insane!

HudsonReefer2.0 · Mar 14, 2022

They are not maxima but T. Noae.

jda · Mar 15, 2022

You better be prepared for a $2000-2500 price tag for a blue teardrop. Most go to Japan and China where people will pay... at least this is what used to happen.

Juff74 · Mar 15, 2022

These were one of the first things I fell in love with about the hobby many years ago. I couldn't have a tank at the time for many different reasons. I sure hope to have some one day. Maybe when my 105 gets mature....

KingTideCorals · Mar 16, 2022

Overboard said:
From PEA post last year. We saw clams like this in the early 2000’s but they were always special and infrequent. Then, they were virtually absent from the hobby for 15+ years (at least to my knowledge) except for some gold versions. So happy
to see them again! Always my favorite clam. Hope you get one!!

Truly hope I can land one!

OrionN · Dec 18, 2022

I got these two from Corals.com. To be deliver 12/30/2022.
Not quite the same as Teardrop, but IMHO there are T. noae from Australia.

Chrisv. · Dec 18, 2022

OrionN said:
I got these two from Corals.com. To be deliver 12/30/2022.
Not quite the same as Teardrop, but IMHO there are T. noae from Australia.

Beautiful! How lare are they?

OrionN · Dec 18, 2022

Chrisv. said:
Beautiful! How lare are they?

These are wild clams from Australia. They are listed at about 2.5-4 inches. These two is about 2.5 inches. I am awaiting their deliver from Corals.com. They actually sold as "Maxima clams"

Chrisv. · Dec 18, 2022

OrionN said:
These are wild clams from Australia. They are listed at about 2.5-4 inches. These two is about 2.5 inches. I am awaiting their deliver from Corals.com. They actually sold as "Maxima clams"

Nice find!

OrionN · Jan 24, 2023

Here are my color teardrops T noae after a few weeks in my tank.

Acroporaguy · Jan 24, 2023

OrionN said:
Here are my color teardrops T noae after a few weeks in my tank.

Woah. Beauty!

OrionN · Jan 24, 2023

Acroporaguy said:
Woah. Beauty!

They are wild collected from Australia.

Overboard · Jan 28, 2023

OrionN said:
Here are my color teardrops T noae after a few weeks in my tank.

Very nice!!! Looking good!!

OrionN · Jan 28, 2023

I have been trying to get pictures without the Radion LED color artifact. I think i am succeeding with putting the diffuser under the Radion. It block a little light but I do get better picture. There is no question that the color is true or have LED color artifact added on to the animal.
Here are the pictures of the two clams exactly as my eyes see them.
That Acro is Nick’s Purple Passion. A friend gave this frag to me.