My new Flame Scallop

[30mini]

Here's my newly acclimated flame scallop. Let me know what you all think!

 

[Serioussnaps]

Nice...the domino likes it too!

 

[30mini]

The domino is just a camera hogg... he likes anything that comes near the tank!

 

[a4twenty]

very nice, unfortunately this is another of those creatures that should be left in the ocean. they are non-photosynthetic and will require lots of feeding and still may not survive very long.

sorry for the bad news and i hope you are more successful than others that have tried keeping them.

and here is a link to some info that may help

 

[ToadSprocket]

I had one of these guys thrown in with some other things I had shipped to me about 4 months back, and mine seems to be doing fine. I would have never bought one outright, since I generally hear things like what a4twenty mentioned. (I don't disagree with him in general, btw. I haven't heard too many success stories..)

However, my flame seems to be doing fine so far. I spot fed him phyto for the first couple of weeks about two times a week, but stopped doing that quite a while back. I might just be lucky, not sure.

Also, I would be surprised if your scallop stays out front like that, expect him to find a nice dark place and shuffle over to it. I don't generally see mine unless I take some time to find his newest spot, which is usually not too visible.

 

[30mini]

I'm waiting for him to find his new spot. I'm not expecting him to be out front, that's for sure! He's doing fine so far, ate some phyto today, so that's a good sign!

 

[Tayler]

toad sprocket i hope you know that it takes a few months for a flame scallop to die of starvation so i would start feeding it phyto again.

 

[ToadSprocket]

tubeworm... Sorry for not being more clear. I still feed my tank phyto, I just don't spot feed my scallop anymore. He gets plenty to eat.