electric clam?

[tigerlover]

I saw a beautiful red electric clam at LFS and want it for my tank, is it ok to put it in there?

 

[tigerlover]

lebowski,
might be, it was red and hairy and looked like a clam and was producing visible electric currents

 

[richard rendos]

Electric scallop produces that effect...really cool. They are really cool inhabitants and are fairly easy to care for.

 

[tigerlover]

LEB. it was blue strings flowing back and forth over it
Would anyone reccomend it for my tank? would it kill anything?

 

[tigerlover]

it was electricity al right

 

[rane]

Can you tell me what LFS had this please?

 

[tigerlover]

well, its only a local fish store don't think it exists anywhere else but huntsville, al
its called Lucy's lagoon(no, i'm not advertising just informing)
most places will order things for u if you ask

 

[rane]

Ok I thought you were crazy but I found a video of the Electric Scallops and its awesome take a look
http://www.reefsource.com/Photo%20Gallery/movies.htm

 

[spsfreak100]

Originally posted by Richard Rendos
Electric scallop produces that effect...really cool. They are really cool inhabitants and are fairly easy to care for.
I completely disagree.
I would say around 99% of them die within the first couple of months of being purchased, if not sooner. Many are not collected properly and are seriously damaged when you get them.
They also tend to be reclusive, prefering to stay in crevices or under rocks with just their tentacles being out in the open. Many people try to remove them to more veiwable places, but this usually results in damage to the byssal gland that sectretes the threads they use to attach themselves to rocks, resulting in stress and damage to the scallop.
These are also filter feeders which will need a lot of food. This means that you tank will foul quickly if you don't have a very good filtration system on it. Lack of food is probably the #1 cause of death. They tend to feed on very small phytoplankton and zooplankton, which are not readily availible at your LFS (DT's live phytoplankton and seawater zooplankton is often used). It's posible to culture the foods such as phytoplankton, zooplankton, rotifers, and copepods, but doing so would need time and money. Golden Pearls would also be good for feedings. http://www.advancedaquarist.com/iss...2002/toonen.htm has a good article on feeding.
My advice would be to not buy, as these don't do well in captivity.
Graham

 

[rickycobra]

I second grahams opinion. I had one that just starved it self over a two month period. No matter what I fed it, it just would not eat. They are pretty damn cool looking though

 

[tigerlover]

thank you for ur opinion graham, I'm glad you said this because it saved me $$$$$ and a scallop a very horrific death

 

[plum70rt]

Well lets see how this guy fairs, I feed my tank DTs every 3 day, he did move a bit, look close you can see the sparks,
I got him for 10.00

 

[fishkiller]

absolutley crazy!! I've never seen that before. wow

 

[ophiura]

Typing Toonen and Lima into google will come up with a good article on this subject.