Giant Clams

Introduction, What are giant clams, What are the uses for giant clams, why raise giant clams?, biology and environmental requirements, biology, life cycle, environmental requirements, hatchery considerations, site, hatchery hygiene, water filtration, record keeping and protocol, broodstock acquisition and husbandry, acquiring broodstock, holding broodstock, broodstock husbandry, broodstock diseases, parasitic snail, boring sponges and algae, induced spawning, heat stress, gonad extract, serotonin, gamete release and collection, egg and sperm collection, fertilization, counting, larval rearing through metamorphosis, intensive larval rearing, rearing tanks, rearing protocol, a note on feeding giant clam larvae, zooxanthelle extraction, settling and metamorphosis, semi intensive larval rearing, extensive larval rearing, nursery and grow out