altolamprologus Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 So many unbelievable psychedelic vaginas... Mesmerizing, aren't they? Link to comment
metrokat Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Hey...I know people that will buy a DEAD pink clam from you if it is not dead more than 2 days. You have to kill one if you want to spawn clams. explain please. Link to comment
ZephNYC Posted May 2, 2012 Author Share Posted May 2, 2012 explain please. Well, since you asked I will.l try to explain. You can force a clam to spawn within minutes. What you have to do is put the clam alone in a tank with no flow or filtration. Then you take your sacrificial clam, which carries whatever genetics you wish to continue - and sacrifice it. you have to take a long sharp knife and scape all the meat out. THen you locate the gonads, which are pretty easy to find. They are a dark colored sponge like sack. You simply hold this up close to the intake of the clam you want to spawn, and squeeze it a little.Aa milky white substance will leach into the clam and within minutes force a spawn of millions of larvae. Raising those is another story. No I have not done this myself. yet Link to comment
altolamprologus Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Do it. From what I hear from Kat, I bet you could Link to comment
ZephNYC Posted May 2, 2012 Author Share Posted May 2, 2012 Well, since you asked I will.l try to explain. You can force a clam to spawn within minutes. What you have to do is put the clam alone in a tank with no flow or filtration. Then you take your sacrificial clam, which carries whatever genetics you wish to continue - and sacrifice it. you have to take a long sharp knife and scape all the meat out. THen you locate the gonads, which are pretty easy to find. They are a dark colored sponge like sack. You simply hold this up close to the intake of the clam you want to spawn, and squeeze it a little.Aa milky white substance will leach into the clam and within minutes force a spawn of millions of larvae. Raising those is another story. No I have not done this myself. yet pardon the type o's its past my bed time Link to comment
metrokat Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 You could have done this with the maxima from LA. Link to comment
Veng Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Well, since you asked I will.l try to explain. You can force a clam to spawn within minutes. What you have to do is put the clam alone in a tank with no flow or filtration. Then you take your sacrificial clam, which carries whatever genetics you wish to continue - and sacrifice it. you have to take a long sharp knife and scape all the meat out. THen you locate the gonads, which are pretty easy to find. They are a dark colored sponge like sack. You simply hold this up close to the intake of the clam you want to spawn, and squeeze it a little.Aa milky white substance will leach into the clam and within minutes force a spawn of millions of larvae. Raising those is another story. No I have not done this myself. yet Crazy.... and would probably work too. Expensive to try though, unless you've got a dead clamn on your hands. Link to comment
ZephNYC Posted May 2, 2012 Author Share Posted May 2, 2012 Crazy.... and would probably work too. Expensive to try though, unless you've got a dead clamn on your hands. Oh it works. THats exactly how the big farms do it. I have a video if you want to see. Its OLD, like from the late 80's. I will look for it tonight. The thing is the larvea are almost impossible to raise without natural seawater circulation. I have never heard of anyone having success in a closed system. YET You could have done this with the maxima from LA. Yea another dead clam from LA. I dont think anyone has had success with their larger maximas. Nobody I know anyway. But Im so stubborn I keep buying them. HELP ME. Link to comment
patback Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Isn't that a very very old method though? I was under the impression that just pissing it off with quick temp or salinity swings will make the clam spawn? Link to comment
Bongo Shrimp Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Yea another dead clam from LA. I dont think anyone has had success with their larger maximas. Nobody I know anyway. But Im so stubborn I keep buying them. HELP ME. How large is larger? Link to comment
ZephNYC Posted May 2, 2012 Author Share Posted May 2, 2012 Isn't that a very very old method though? I was under the impression that just pissing it off with quick temp or salinity swings will make the clam spawn? youre right. They will spawn from as severe stress response too. Some farmers lay the clams in the sun for like an hour till they are almost dead, then put them in the water and they spawn. You can also inject them with pharmaceutical gonadotrophin, if you can get it and know just where to inject. They have spawned in aquariums many times on their own too..usually right after the lights go off but it is too unpredictable to rely on. How large is larger? everyone i know who has purchased a maxima larger than 5 inches from LA has lost it within 3 months. Dont get me wrong, i LOVE LA...but these are the facts as i see them. Isn't that a very very old method though? I was under the impression that just pissing it off with quick temp or salinity swings will make the clam spawn? I dont think temp or salinity change will do it...not enough stress. Sounds too easy. youre right. They will spawn from as severe stress response too. Some farmers lay the clams in the sun for like an hour till they are almost dead, then put them in the water and they spawn. You can also inject them with pharmaceutical gonadotrophin, if you can get it and know just where to inject. They have spawned in aquariums many times on their own too..usually right after the lights go off but it is too unpredictable to rely on. everyone i know who has purchased a maxima larger than 5 inches from LA has lost it within 3 months. Dont get me wrong, i LOVE LA...but these are the facts as i see them. I dont think temp or salinity change will do it...not enough stress. Sounds too easy. kat will post the video. I'm retarded. Link to comment
Bongo Shrimp Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 everyone i know who has purchased a maxima larger than 5 inches from LA has lost it within 3 months. Dont get me wrong, i LOVE LA...but these are the facts as i see them. Oh from LA. I was gonna say cause I've had my 5.5" maxima for about a year now. Link to comment
MeanGreenEyes Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Well, since you asked I will.l try to explain. You can force a clam to spawn within minutes. What you have to do is put the clam alone in a tank with no flow or filtration. Then you take your sacrificial clam, which carries whatever genetics you wish to continue - and sacrifice it. you have to take a long sharp knife and scape all the meat out. THen you locate the gonads, which are pretty easy to find. They are a dark colored sponge like sack. You simply hold this up close to the intake of the clam you want to spawn, and squeeze it a little.Aa milky white substance will leach into the clam and within minutes force a spawn of millions of larvae. Raising those is another story. No I have not done this myself. yet Hehe...sounds so perverted! lmao And the video is very interesting... On a serious note...Gorgeous clams...definitely eye candy...love the variety of colors and those are some kick ass tunicates... Link to comment
ZephNYC Posted May 3, 2012 Author Share Posted May 3, 2012 Oh from LA. I was gonna say cause I've had my 5.5" maxima for about a year now. Thats great..If I were you I would never put a clam from LA in that tank. Link to comment
Bongo Shrimp Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Thats great..If I were you I would never put a clam from LA in that tank. Thanks I won't. They are way overpriced anyways. Link to comment
metrokat Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Zeph meet Bongo. Bongo, meet Zeph, You both like: Cuttlefish Candy Basslet pairs Clams. Link to comment
ZephNYC Posted May 3, 2012 Author Share Posted May 3, 2012 Zeph meet Bongo. Bongo, meet Zeph,You both like: Cuttlefish Candy Basslet pairs Clams. . Hi Bongo. Where in MI are you? I have friends in Ispheming Link to comment
Bongo Shrimp Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 I'm ~20 mins out from the D. Ispheming is a little far. Even if there was a LFS out there . If I ever come out to NY I wanna see your setup . Link to comment
metrokat Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 I'm selling tickets to Zephs ZooHaus. I take paypal. No touching the displays. Link to comment
Bongo Shrimp Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Sorry I don't deal with scalpers. Link to comment
ZephNYC Posted May 3, 2012 Author Share Posted May 3, 2012 I'm selling tickets to Zephs ZooHaus. I take paypal. No touching the displays. You got it bongo. Yea Ispheming is OUT THERE. I've seen it get 10 below 0 in the winter. Near the Great Lakes I believe. My tanks look empty to me...I have this vision of what I want them to look like, but I'm glad you are all somewhat impressed. Keeps me enthusiastic. Link to comment
metrokat Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Scalper! hmpf! I'm the official ticket sales person for Zephs ZooHaus; now with rabbit as a new exhibit. Or you could go to Tahiti after you are scuba certified to see the giant clams. Zeph the 210 is overflowing and I know you want to give me everything in there...... but I have a nano Zeph, start a thread in "members aquariums" section called Zeph's ZooHaus. I'll upload pics. Link to comment
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