Planktonic food for flame scallops

[Mr31415]

Would Marine Snow and Two Little Fishies' ZooPlan and PhytoPlan be sufficient to sustain a flame scallop?

How about Kent Marine ChromaPlex ?

 

[mbbuna]

you are going to want to use a live phytoplankton. all the products you mentioned are dead.

marine snow i= 99% water 1% detritus, IMO useless

zooplan= dead zooplankton, most of the particles will be too big for the scallop

phytoplan= dead phytoplankton, particle size is right but its already dead and not nearly as nutritious as live phyto

chromaplex= dead phytoplankton with+fatty acids

i would look for this product http://www.reefnutrition.com/phytofeast/indexpfl.htm

 

[ezcompany]

lol that is very interesting, i knew the marine snow was crap but not the other stuff. how about kent's zoomax? (expert series)

 

[mbbuna]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10428508#post10428508 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ezcompany
lol that is very interesting, i knew the marine snow was crap but not the other stuff. how about kent's zoomax? (expert series)

big dead zooplankton

they say(Kent) the average size is 800microns, 4x's larger then tridacnids have been reported to capture, and >16x larger there ideal range

 

[mbbuna]

sorry, this is about a flame scallop. the particulate size is going to be ruffly the same.

 

[ezcompany]

but it was so expensive
oh well, it was one of my earlier purchases in the hobby. its probably expired now...

 

[mbbuna]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10428682#post10428682 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ezcompany
but it was so expensive
oh well, it was one of my earlier purchases in the hobby. its probably expired now...

don't throw it out! its good for growing algae