how about any black Maxima pictures anyone?

[tsutaoka]

thanks for any pix...

[musty baby]

Here's an extreme closeup :)

http://www.origami-club.com/color/black/image/black.gif

[Jayreefer]

nice!

[ViPeR_930]

I just got this one a couple weeks ago.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/ViPeR_930/BlackandWhiteMaximaClam.jpg

[2crazyreefers]

I got 2 ORA milkyways last week. I will try to get someone to take pics.

[Unarce]

Originally posted by ViPeR_930
I just got this one a couple weeks ago.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/ViPeR_930/BlackandWhiteMaximaClam.jpg

Beautiful specimen!

[capefear]

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/tank-threads/17593-new-member-tank-pics.html you can see a few of mine on this link here.

[GreenSarco]

I want one.

[tsutaoka]

thanks for the pix...where are you guys picking them up?

[ezcompany]

oo...the clam king :)

[BONDQ]

Very nice!

[one8thscale]

That's a nice looking clam!

[SOULEMAN]

I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET A BLACK MAXIMA FOR A WHILE NOW AND CANT FIND THEM ANYWHERE. PLEASEEEE HELP ME GET MY FIX.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wher can i get one of these guys?:confused:

[mbbuna]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9368842#post9368842 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SOULEMAN
I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET A BLACK MAXIMA FOR A WHILE NOW AND CANT FIND THEM ANYWHERE. PLEASEEEE HELP ME GET MY FIX.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wher can i get one of these guys?:confused:

i looked for 3 years:D just keep looking

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/6518/bnwht9.jpg

[SOULEMAN]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9369500#post9369500 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mbbuna
i looked for 3 years:D just keep looking

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/6518/bnwht9.jpg
THATS JUST WRONG MAN. LOL:lol:

[ezcompany]

just keep checking your regular sites, when you see it, be prepared to shell out the dough and shell it out fast :D

[Schieby]

Hello,

are those black ones really black, or is this a very dark brown ??

[a4twenty]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9369500#post9369500 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mbbuna
i looked for 3 years:D just keep looking



very nice ( they all are ), how big is he?

[mbbuna]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9373745#post9373745 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by a4twenty
very nice ( they all are ), how big is he?

2". smaller then i would have liked but couldnt pass it up

[Unarce]

Originally posted</a> by Schieby
Hello,

are those black ones really black, or is this a very dark brown ??

When they're fully extended like this one below (to the point where you can't see any shell underneath), they appear more of a really, really dark brown. Most pictures you see of them, have a slight retraction to make it appear darker.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c255/unarcephotos/Clams/bw.jpg

EDIT: Ugh, scratch that. Started staring at mine somemore, and I guess they really are that black:p

[ezcompany]

they are totally black. they will appear brownish when bleached, usually in the areas where the mantle overlaps each other.

[ViPeR_930]

When I first got mine it was pretty black. Since then it's lightened up slightly to a very dark dark brown. I suspect it's because I put mine up pretty high. It's about 6" deep under the halide. Anybody else experience this?

[capefear]

no, i moved both of mine closer to the top of the tank, and they are jet black.

[a4twenty]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9373871#post9373871 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mbbuna
2". smaller then i would have liked but couldnt pass it up


nor would i, so beautiful. when i ask the guys at my LFS to keep an eye out they just laugh at me :( ( and they know i would be willing to pay, yet the still laugh :lol:

[E-A-G-L-E-S]

Unarce....nicest clam i've ever seen! Plese assure me if for any reason you ever have to sell it I can buy it, lol.

[Unarce]

Thank you, Matthttp://planetsmilies.net/shocked-smiley-9455.gif

I'm sure there are nicer ones out there. The ORA b/w's seem to have a little extra oomph, don't they;)

[E-A-G-L-E-S]

if you wouldn't mind devulging your source to get that ORA maxi i'd be indebted...
I only know of one reliable online vendor and his business is great, but i never come close to catching the rares lately:(

[Unarce]

I got mine from Will at RiptidesReef.com:)

[slojmn]

Karl, Is that a new one that took up residence after selling me your other one. I figured there was a reason you were getting rid of the other one :). Lucky me...I should take a current shot of mine, it has grown quite a bit since I got it from you.

[Unarce]

Yes, Alicia! My clam bed didn't have the room for 3 medium sized clams, so I chose to sell one. I do miss the one you got. Flawless mantle with a perfectly symmetrical shell. What a specimen:( ;)

[ezcompany]

i guess its my turn...especially since unarce and chris posted theirs :lol:

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/8831/img4432gs6.jpg

[mbbuna]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9381546#post9381546 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ezcompany
i guess its my turn...especially since unarce and chris posted theirs :lol:

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/8831/img4432gs6.jpg

you always have to show everybody up dont you:lol:

[BONDQ]

Oh pretty, pretty!

[chelskisw6]

i love that clam at the bottom of the pic.

[prugs]

Does this qualify as a black maxima?

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/504/29791Clam_Shot_2.JPG

[ViPeR_930]

Black maxi? I suppose, but not black and white. Many maximas are black and blue, especially small ones.

[tsutaoka]

wow...those are some awsome clams

[DouglasTiede]

what part of the world are they from?

[Schieby]

Hello,

have you owners off the black`n white zebras experienced a green halo on the shell inside around the exhalent syphon?

One of mine shows this kind of traffic light green at this place :D


Bye Erik

[redox]

I saw one for sale. One of the rc sponsors has one for 369$. Marine Depot to be exact;)

[Schieby]

...don`t know why they are so expensive in the States.
I bought 3 in Germany for 36,-€ each, two days ago a bigger one for 50,- €.

[prugs]

I guess it's the same reason gem tangs cost $3500 in the US & less than $500eu in Europe.

[ViPeR_930]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9596465#post9596465 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Schieby
...don`t know why they are so expensive in the States.
I bought 3 in Germany for 36,-€ each, two days ago a bigger one for 50,- €.
And you didn't post pics..why? :D

Marine depot doesn't have one available. I don't remember when they ever did.

[jwalters103]

i checked earlier today and marine depot dafinately had one of the nicest looking ones ive seen yet

[Schieby]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9602955#post9602955 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ViPeR_930
And you didn't post pics..why? :D



....just a bloody handy pic...I will take some better ones with a real camera and post it these days fellow
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/564/85920black_zebra_small.jpg

[mbbuna]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9602993#post9602993 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jwalters103
i checked earlier today and marine depot dafinately had one of the nicest looking ones ive seen yet

if your talking about this (http://www.marinedepotlive.com/black-and-white-maxima-clam---tridacna-maxima-clams.html) , that just puts you on a waiting list

[jwalters103]

thats kind of misleading of them, but i guess it does say call for availability. i just assumed wysiwyg

[redox]

yea a pic like that puts them in the peed off vendor section. It is misleading .I guess you have to read the fine print somewhere on their site.

[LotR Clown]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9604419#post9604419 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Schieby
....just a bloody handy pic...I will take some better ones with a real camera and post it these days fellow
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/564/85920black_zebra_small.jpg

Very Nice Schieby

[ezcompany]

i think its time to move continents

[Schieby]

Hello,

....just another pic of my clams.....no photoshopping it´s just a bad pic:

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/564/85920bunch_o_clamsDSCF0031small.JPG

Bye Erik :bum: