Time to meet, Clamenstein, the clam. Clammie was Jack’s and was acquired at a newly opened LFS. When we got there and began looking at everything almost everything we discussed with the guy he said was dying. We kind of looked at each other from the corner of our eyes and knew we were thinking the same thing…we aren’t buying anything here. That is until we went around the corner and there sat this beautiful clam. We discussed it and both were unsure about getting it, but Jack really wanted the clam. I can still see him standing there torn between getting the thing and not getting it. It certainly was beautiful, one of the prettiest clams I had ever seen. Well, he got it and we brought “Clammy” home, put him in the tank, and shrimpie of course had to investigate and clean, clean, clean. Clammy wasn’t looking too good after getting him home and his response wasn’t the greatest, but the next day he seemed to be better. I don’t think I ever got a picture of him open and if I did it may have been deleted, but he was blue, green and purple and had a few specks that looked pink. He was open most of the time, but we had decided that he just wasn’t looking all that great. After questioning the one kid at the LFS store who used to steer us in the right direction we found out we didn’t have the proper lighting that we thought we had so Clamenstein was going to go to a new home. Here is Clammie in the corner by the leather and the mushroom shell.
In this picture you can see Marlin and Coral. There is also Blanche (don’t ask), but after Marlin and Coral paired up we gave Blanche to Jack’s nephew so they wouldn’t fight her or have any jealousy issues. *sigh*
As you can see Clammie is still here with us which was before we had gotten down to the LFS store that we found was always honest with us. (Thanks Jason, if you ever read this)
On May 30th, Jack was going to take Clammie to the LFS that day, we woke up and poor Clammie was dead. He took Clammie out of the tank and Jack had left to go help some of our friends. Later that day he called me and said he was waiting for the ambulance. I went to where he was, followed the ambulance and then later the airlift unit. Sitting in the hospital the entire night and the next day I never once forgot about our tank, his gift to me and knowing I couldn’t leave his side I made sure that someone went to the house and put in the “snake oil” turned the lights on and off and fed everyone. On May 31st at 3:15, I sat with my best friend while he passed onto a place of no tears and suffering, leaving me with one of the greatest gifts anyone has ever given to me, something that lives on each day of my life, and gives me hope and faith and has brought many wonderful people into my life, my RS friends!
With the ending of this portion of the thread these pictures although not related to the tank are in a way related to the thread. In the first picture this was on a trip and thus relates to our adventure together, the second picture of course was our wedding and relates to the beginning of something new
So …In Loving Memory of My Husband for the gifts he gave to me I present to you a little bit of one of the happiest times of my life that brought me to the saltwater world..
