flame scallops

[Zuska]

what do flame scallops do in your tank?
and are they reef safe?
do they move around the tank?

 

[Reef_Dart21]

No offense but if you dont know anything about them i would steer clear.

Even experts have a difficult time keeping these scallops alive for long.
had two, perfect param, would not eat and died in a week.


My 2 cents have fun if you get one because when they move they look like pac man

 

[Bongo Shrimp]

Sadly, +1

 

[malawinovice]

They need directed feedings. They also crawl to the space they want. Difficult to feed them when the scallop is hiding behind rocks.

stay away from the flame scallop

 

[ecureefer]

i purchased two of them around june or july and both are doing just fine. They are fun to watch when i do see them which is rarely because they hang on in the back of the tank . I add oceans blend food every other day and either they are living off of that or theres enough food in the water for them.

 

[ct103]

I ahve had a few from pressure from my wife. The longest Ihave been able to keep one is 5 or 6 months. No problems with corals but they move around quite a bit. I will not buy another one she finally gave up on me getting another one.

 

[Romulox234]

Would these have a better chance of survival in an all non-photosythetic tank where the whole tank would be feed multiple times during the day?

 

[billsreef]

They need to be fed phtyoplankton, and a good bit of it. Isochyrsus is the standard for feeding bivalves.

 

[rydr119]

I had one for about a year and a half I though it had died until I found it under some rocks one day. Anyway if you have a "dirty tank" they seem to do ok. If you keep you tank nice and clean like reef tanks tend to be then you aren't going to have the best of luck IMO. If you feed phyto often like in a non-photo tank you might be ok though.

 

[Romulox234]

Thanks for the info, it would be cool to have one, maybe once i get my phyto cultures up and running i could try one out

 

[VAHeatt]

ive owned two for 2 months now in my 180 gal. they seem to be doin fine, i feed them phyto, every few days.they stay in their lil cave,move around at night! think im a buy electric scallop s next.

 

[jhildebrand]

Won't live on phyto and you'd just be polluting your tank. If you're not going to take the advice given you had better do some more reading.

 

[lurchw00t]

I'll jump in on this since I've had a flame scallop for going on 4 months now.

My flame scallop has been attached to a rock since the first week I got it. It sits on the sand bed, attached to the rock that is concave in shape, so there is some flow going to it. It seems to be happy and healthy. I rarely do direct feeding and it seems to do just fine. I do dump phyto in every once and awhile.

Here is a somewhat current pic:

 

[VAHeatt]

cant wait to get my camera goin,so i can show sum pics. my too chill just like lurchwoot looks above!

 

[Romulox234]

You sure they dont target feed on phyto?

All the reading ive done on them says this was the best way of keeping them alive

 

[billsreef]

Keep in mind they can and often do require several months of inadequate nutrition to starve to death. This is why folks often claim they've had some for several months and think they are doing well. To keep them longer than the time required to starve to death does indeed take large quantities of high quality phytoplankton of the right species.