Electric Scallop

[wnppmy]

Actually moving flaps, but still impressive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7u2i-oaDeU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[All6Fish]

Very cool thinking of adding one to each of my tanks

 

[wnppmy]

Mine is a busy tank, sometimes closes during parts of day from fish, larger tanks sure fairs better.

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Those have a very miserable track record in captivity. Most live less than a year due to slow starvation.

 

[ZyberGoby]

Vary cool I us to have one a few years ago these guys are neat to watch love the bio-loom

 

[sponger0]

Very cool. But most say scallop dont live long in captivity...like around 6 months due to the fact our tanks dont supply enough food

 

[RyanSweatt2004]

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2002/7/inverts

This article changed my thoughts on keeping flame scallops.

 

[daplatapus]

Those have a very miserable track record in captivity. Most live less than a year due to slow starvation.

Agreed. I inherited 2 of these through unfortunate circumstances and had 1 die within a couple months. Definitely read that article above in advanced aquarist. They will bury themselves in your rock within days and you'll barely ever see them if at all. I surprisingly still have the one and it seems healthy but I spot feed it every day and over feed my tank tons to try and make sure it's getting enough. Time will tell I guess.
I would not decide to get one of these.

 

[daplatapus]

Here's the link to when I first got them and some responses I got that helped me:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2143920&highlight=ridiculously+cool

 

[wnppmy]

Actually was reluctant to purchase a scallop as aware of the starvation issue, any reports of keeping them over a year in aquarium would like to hear. Was going to bowl feed but they don't like to be moved.

May try baster target feeding.

 

[Zappo]

Most of the ones that I've heard of surviving long term were in NPS tanks that get much more frequent feedings than the average reef tank.