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Kalkbreath
03/06/2007, 11:47 PM
How big a tank would a clam that big require?
How big a wallet?

.........anyone with a monster Gigas in captivity?
corals b 4 bills
03/06/2007, 11:59 PM
My gigas is growing an inch every two months this is a picture of him with his cousin when I first bought him now he is three times his size and there seems to be no end in sight. today he might not be a monster but I'm possitive he will be.http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/81436my_baby_4.jpg
Kalkbreath
03/06/2007, 11:59 PM
Do you feed him ? If so what?
nxichau
03/07/2007, 12:10 AM
It looks like he has been spot feeding them some type of marine steroids! :eek1:
Kalkbreath
03/07/2007, 12:28 PM
I am thinking of getting a monster Gigas clam for a show tank.
Whats the biggest Gigas in captivity?
I want this new clam to be the biggest. (A world record of sorts.)
hypermikie
03/07/2007, 01:04 PM
I'm sure it would cost a LOT and have to be pretty darn big to set a record! Not to mentions the system to keep it in...

I like this one that host two clowns...
http://www.masohio.com/gallery/2_04_02_07_7_50_01.jpg
jhorricks
03/07/2007, 01:21 PM
Wow that is cool where was that picture taken?
SptfireXIV
03/07/2007, 02:28 PM
Waikiki Aquarium has a number of gigas clams that are larger than any clams I've ever seen (barring clams seen in the wild). They're at least 3 feet long. Chances are that the pic above is of one of them.
rustybucket145
03/07/2007, 02:30 PM
Not to get commercial in this thread but does anybody know somewhere to get gigas juveniles? I'd like to pick up a baby and let it grow. Also, how much do they normally run in $$?
ChickenCannoneer
03/07/2007, 03:32 PM
That picture was taken at Reefsystems in Columbus Ohio.
Tim
kozmo02
03/07/2007, 04:26 PM
my gigas is a good foot and and a half long and probably about a foot across at its widest point, it takes up the middle of my 180. I have had it for over 3 years now.
Kalkbreath
03/07/2007, 05:36 PM
That's clam is great !
But it looks like its in a green house with natural sunlight.
Also the Hawaii aquarium clams are using ocean water and sunlight.
What the biggest Gigas under captive conditions?
(artificial lights and synthetic seawater)
marinelife
03/07/2007, 05:49 PM
That one from Reef Systems was in an Aquarium 6 months before, it got to big for his 500 so he moved it out to the green house
merseyman
03/07/2007, 09:46 PM
I've seen a 2+ footer in a LFS in Hong Kong in a fairly deep tank w/ what appeared to be predominantly actinic lighting. Don't know if it was a gigas.