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The inability to say "NO"
Ok, so I wasn't going to put anything else in my tank - other than a Squamosa Clam. Been looking for one for a while, without luck.
Yesterday I took a ride to a nearby fish store and once my eyes met this Derasa, my wallet spontaneously opened. ![]() WHAT is wrong with me? Anyway, please meet Mr. Self Control, my new Derasa. (I chose that name on purpose) ![]() Here he is next to my Maxima. ![]() ...and from now on I will avoid looking at clams at all cost. Thanks for looking and reading. --- Wendy |
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Gorgeous Derasa. Congrats. Sorry to hear about your wallet, though. I know how you feel.
I just got back from my LFS where I intended to just pick up another Ca test and some DT's for my Baby Maxima but like you, I made the mistake of "browsing" hehe. I spotted a beautiful 5" Gold Teardrop Maxima and my debit card jumped out of my wallet. Oh will it ever end!! |
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nice maxima!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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![]() I hear you. Boy do I ever! As a matter of fact the store had a baby Gold Teardrop Maxima as well, but I knew better than to pick up a 1.5 incher. Just too afraid something could go wrong at that size. I honestly have no room for anything else at this point, but a friend of mine told me he'd "find" room for me. We'll see. The last thing I want to do is overcrowd. My corals (mostly SPS) have been growing beautifully for me, and my tank is my sanity/therapy. ![]() But those clams WILL get me into trouble...I just know it. --- Wendy |
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haha. i keep telling myself i can stop. but who am i fooling?
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Thats a beauty! You owed it to yourself to give him a home
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Thank you all so much.
![]() And Jeff, when I just read your signature I cracked up laughing. My fingers are crossed, but hey, old houses are built much better than new ones these days. ![]() --- Wendy |
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Well, I'm off to give my reef a 30 min freshwater dip!! That should fix it everything right??? |
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what lfs did you get him at ? did they have any maximas there
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Skinz, I think I'm in too deep, too. WAYYY over my head here.
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There's a place in Avenel called Aquatic Obsessions. They have MANY beautiful Maximas. --- Wendy |
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Funny, not to hijack, but I think I have that clam's twin. I had never seen a derasa that looked like it before.....now I have.:
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i stoped in that lfs in Avenel, all they have is 1-2 inch blue maximas. no good.
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those deresas are most likely from the ORA farm
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less is more |
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OMG! I'm seeing double! ![]() How long have you had yours? They are so gorgeous, aren't they though? --- Wendy |
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When they had their 1 year anniversary sale about 4-5 weeks ago, they were totally loaded with clams. Sure, they had a few smaller Maximas then, but the majority of them were around 3+". ![]() --- Wendy |
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iIve had that derasa about 3 weeks now. I found it mislabled as a $40 maxima at a place near me that is generally pretty lousy, but sometime their sloppiness works to the customer's advantage..hehe. The maxima is only a few days old. Another LFS by me got a load of ultras in so I cherry picked a couple right after they came in. I've got the aqua one you see part of in the photo as well as a blue/gold and another aqua/purple speckled one. |
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Hey your only human. lol.
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Water Param 79 degrees nit 0 amm 0 phos 0 salifers Calcium 450 salifer alk 11 dkh Ph 8-8.1 |
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i was there today, they had about 15 of the small maximas that die.
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nice
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240 reef, 240 fowlr "I am Sulu damn it" |
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Looks just like the ones my LFS just got in this week from ORA along with the black maxi I got. If it is the same they are calling them ORA thick stripe green derasa.
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My 4 part recipie for my acros = calcium - alk - flow & luck. |
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cool...now they have names.
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Farmed Derasas are coming out of Solomons, might be also out of Tonga, but not sure about the later. . Wendy, your Derasa is nice, but your Maxima is stunning. |
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