Black Pearl Oyster

Barry N. · 12-12-2002, 08:52 PM

LOL, Just got a fax

Quote:

Black Peal Oyster, with a black pearl growing inside. These Oysters come from our own partnership with a pearl farm in the Cook Islands.
Was implanted with a 5mm-6mm nucleasabout 6 months ago. In about 18 months the pearl inside will grow to about 9mm as the nacre encapsulates the nuclei and the pearl will be ready for harvest. "

Any comments?

Barry

**kevinpo** · 12-12-2002, 09:17 PM

I think that would be very cool if you could keep it alive. But I don't think I would want to cut it open after 18 months to retrieve the pearl. My wife on the other hand .......(I can easily picture her a with knife in hand waiting by the tank)

Kevin

Barry N. · 12-12-2002, 09:24 PM

Kevin,

I am with you, I couldn't raise it for 18 months then cut it up to get a pearl.

Just thought it was funny getting this fax from one of my supplier.

Captain Clam · 12-13-2002, 11:59 AM

I think it's perfect. That's the only bivalve I can think of that gives you a reward when it dies...

It's like a consolation prize.

**Minh Nguyen** · 12-13-2002, 01:53 PM

I think these clams are filter feeder and will not do well in our tank.
Minh

almostdiva · 12-13-2002, 01:58 PM

I confess...

I really like oysers. And black "South China Sea" pearls are the coolest...

It is kinda weird that a clam/oyster supplier would send stuff about cultured pearls... although a 9mm pearl is a NICE pearl...

but it's only one

Barry, you can always set up your own pearl farm on the side!

Hippopus · 12-13-2002, 03:17 PM

Somethings up! My wife told me to order 100 of them??????
Jim

Barry N. · 12-13-2002, 03:55 PM

almostdiva.

Yes that is what I need to keep me more busy.

Jim, coming your way.

Barry

Palmetto · 12-13-2002, 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Captain Clam
I think it's perfect. That's the only bivalve I can think of that gives you a reward when it dies... It's like a consolation prize.

I hate to say it, but I did get some interesting ashtrays months agao when I had a bit of an accident. I accidentally turned on a pump that pumped raw, curing fresh liverock kinda water out of a rubbermaid and back into the clams.

They didn't seem to like that too much. Fortunately, I didn't have but a few.

Interesting Cigar ashtrays, though.

**kevinpo** · 12-14-2002, 01:27 AM

Jim,
LMAO

Thank God she doesn't know my wife.

Kevin

almostdiva · 12-17-2002, 09:31 AM

I keep TELLING you guys...

BLACK PEARLS ROCK

Comming to a neighborhood near you??? : Barry's Gigas and Pearl Emporium????

Reinhold · 12-18-2002, 10:30 AM

A tank crash would be much less painful if you got a string of black pearls out of the deal.....

We hear you, almostdiva....it's just that no one here can afford black pearls, because they've spent all their money on bristleworms and sea slugs.

almostdiva · 12-18-2002, 11:49 AM

Reinhold,

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!

THAT is too true! And thos d(*&$n slugs are EXPENSIVE.

We can always longingly think of them though:
"if I tear down the tank, sell all the bits on eBay or blah, blah, how much other JUNK can I buy with the money?"

I can't buy pearls either, I want just the mollusks at the moment <sigh> I suppose I could shop for a rich, old husband, ala Anna Nicole Smith.. "Please honey, it's only 500 gallons" !!????

Who'd have thunk such an inocuous (sp?) question from Barry would start such a flurry from all of us!

Reinhold · 12-18-2002, 12:43 PM

almostdiva--if you do find the old rich guy, you might want to refrain from mentioning your mollusk desires until you're pretty far along in the relationship! He won't necessarily understand it, but hopefully by then, he won't ask questions either.

Palmetto · 12-18-2002, 01:50 PM

Don't go for the Rich Guy, almostdiva- look at what that did to Anna Nicole!

almostdiva · 12-18-2002, 02:43 PM

You guys are FUNNY!!!

Reinhold, you're right about the waiting part.

Palmetto -- An EXCELLENT point. But she's rich.... If I could spend on my tanks what she spends on dunkin' munchkins, I'd be a happy well-stocked woman!

popcorn · 12-20-2002, 02:36 PM

Diva's right... black pearls rock.

And yeah, I could see that as a consolation prize - but I couldn't cut one open just for a pearl.

How big, theoretically, could the pearl get? Assuming, of course, that it could just keep growing? It could be the talk of the bowling world!

Filter feeders, eh? Hm... the 'fuge lights are offset...maybe just kill the return pump and dose it with DTs every night?

Danielle

Palmetto · 12-20-2002, 02:41 PM

Yeah, I can see you ladies - "Hmmmmm.... he really is not looking too good today, is he?? Perhaps ....."

or just scraping the glass one day and the razor just slips....

not a good place for a black pearl oyster to be, if you ask me!

12-12-2002, 08:52 PM	#1
Barry N. Sponsor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: San Diego Posts: 1,034	Black Pearl Oyster LOL, Just got a fax Quote: Black Peal Oyster, with a black pearl growing inside. These Oysters come from our own partnership with a pearl farm in the Cook Islands. Was implanted with a 5mm-6mm nucleasabout 6 months ago. In about 18 months the pearl inside will grow to about 9mm as the nacre encapsulates the nuclei and the pearl will be ready for harvest. " Any comments? Barry __________________ Barry ClamsDirect.Com

12-12-2002, 09:17 PM	#2
kevinpo Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Spokane Valley WA Posts: 2,425	I think that would be very cool if you could keep it alive. But I don't think I would want to cut it open after 18 months to retrieve the pearl. My wife on the other hand .......(I can easily picture her a with knife in hand waiting by the tank) Kevin __________________ SPSguy On - On

12-12-2002, 09:24 PM	#3
Barry N. Sponsor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: San Diego Posts: 1,034	Kevin, I am with you, I couldn't raise it for 18 months then cut it up to get a pearl. Just thought it was funny getting this fax from one of my supplier. __________________ Barry ClamsDirect.Com

12-13-2002, 01:53 PM	#5
Minh Nguyen Contributing Member/Moderator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Corpus Christi, TX Posts: 675	I think these clams are filter feeder and will not do well in our tank. Minh __________________ Minh Visit my tank at: http://berlinmethod.com/minhn/ http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...2/aquarium.htm

12-13-2002, 03:55 PM	#8
Barry N. Sponsor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: San Diego Posts: 1,034	almostdiva. Yes that is what I need to keep me more busy. Jim, coming your way. Barry __________________ Barry ClamsDirect.Com

12-13-2002, 11:59 AM	#4
Captain Clam Citizen Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 131	I think it's perfect. That's the only bivalve I can think of that gives you a reward when it dies... It's like a consolation prize.

12-13-2002, 01:58 PM	#6
almostdiva Mayor Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 963	I confess... I really like oysers. And black "South China Sea" pearls are the coolest... It is kinda weird that a clam/oyster supplier would send stuff about cultured pearls... although a 9mm pearl is a NICE pearl... but it's only one Barry, you can always set up your own pearl farm on the side!

12-13-2002, 03:17 PM	#7
Hippopus Tenant Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Round Rock, Texas Posts: 74	Somethings up! My wife told me to order 100 of them?????? Jim

12-14-2002, 01:27 AM	#10
kevinpo Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Spokane Valley WA Posts: 2,425	Jim, LMAO Thank God she doesn't know my wife. Kevin __________________ SPSguy On - On

12-17-2002, 09:31 AM	#11
almostdiva Mayor Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 963	I keep TELLING you guys... BLACK PEARLS ROCK Comming to a neighborhood near you??? : Barry's Gigas and Pearl Emporium????

12-18-2002, 10:30 AM	#12
Reinhold Mayor Join Date: May 2001 Location: USA Posts: 941	A tank crash would be much less painful if you got a string of black pearls out of the deal..... We hear you, almostdiva....it's just that no one here can afford black pearls, because they've spent all their money on bristleworms and sea slugs.

12-18-2002, 11:49 AM	#13
almostdiva Mayor Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 963	Reinhold, LMAO!!!!!!!!!! THAT is too true! And thos d(*&$n slugs are EXPENSIVE. We can always longingly think of them though: "if I tear down the tank, sell all the bits on eBay or blah, blah, how much other JUNK can I buy with the money?" I can't buy pearls either, I want just the mollusks at the moment <sigh> I suppose I could shop for a rich, old husband, ala Anna Nicole Smith.. "Please honey, it's only 500 gallons" !!???? Who'd have thunk such an inocuous (sp?) question from Barry would start such a flurry from all of us!

12-18-2002, 12:43 PM	#14
Reinhold Mayor Join Date: May 2001 Location: USA Posts: 941	almostdiva--if you do find the old rich guy, you might want to refrain from mentioning your mollusk desires until you're pretty far along in the relationship! He won't necessarily understand it, but hopefully by then, he won't ask questions either.

12-18-2002, 01:50 PM	#15
Palmetto Tenant Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 66	Don't go for the Rich Guy, almostdiva- look at what that did to Anna Nicole! __________________ Darren Walker www.PalmettoReefs.com

12-18-2002, 02:43 PM	#16
almostdiva Mayor Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 963	TEE-HEE!! You guys are FUNNY!!! Reinhold, you're right about the waiting part. Palmetto -- An EXCELLENT point. But she's rich.... If I could spend on my tanks what she spends on dunkin' munchkins, I'd be a happy well-stocked woman!

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12-20-2002, 02:36 PM	#17
popcorn Citizen Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Lenexa, KS USA Posts: 191	Diva's right... black pearls rock. And yeah, I could see that as a consolation prize - but I couldn't cut one open just for a pearl. How big, theoretically, could the pearl get? Assuming, of course, that it could just keep growing? It could be the talk of the bowling world! Filter feeders, eh? Hm... the 'fuge lights are offset...maybe just kill the return pump and dose it with DTs every night? Danielle

12-20-2002, 02:41 PM	#18
Palmetto Tenant Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 66	Yeah, I can see you ladies - "Hmmmmm.... he really is not looking too good today, is he?? Perhaps ....." or just scraping the glass one day and the razor just slips.... not a good place for a black pearl oyster to be, if you ask me! __________________ Darren Walker www.PalmettoReefs.com

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