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jstdv8
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Anyone try and keep these? are there any drawbacks to them? special attention they require?
flower
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Originally Posted by Jstdv8
http:///forum/post/3235282
Anyone try and keep these? are there any drawbacks to them? special attention they require?
They need lots of food, so much that it pollutes the tank. To feed, you can soak it in a bucket of saltwater, a small power head, and phytoplankton for about 3 hours every day. Without a great deal of food, they last for about 3 months then die of starvation.
reefkprz
Active Member
like flower mentioned they are filter feeders and require planktonic foods.
generally when you buy one it is fully mature. a flame scallop has a natural life span of 2 years and gets about 2 1/2 wide. so when you see a large pretty flame scallop in a store the thing is nearly at the end of its life. since they have such short lives it is often hard to tell if it was poor husbandry or old age that kills them, but they generally dont last for long in hobbyists tanks. I have heard very very few stories of anyone housing them for longer than one year.
another con to owning them is they somehow seem to know where to hide so you cant see them.
generally when you buy one it is fully mature. a flame scallop has a natural life span of 2 years and gets about 2 1/2 wide. so when you see a large pretty flame scallop in a store the thing is nearly at the end of its life. since they have such short lives it is often hard to tell if it was poor husbandry or old age that kills them, but they generally dont last for long in hobbyists tanks. I have heard very very few stories of anyone housing them for longer than one year.
another con to owning them is they somehow seem to know where to hide so you cant see them.
trouble93
Member
Originally Posted by reefkprz
http:///forum/post/3235314
like flower mentioned they are filter feeders and require planktonic foods.
Generally when you buy one it is fully mature. A flame scallop has a natural life span of 2 years and gets about 2 1/2 wide. So when you see a large pretty flame scallop in a store the thing is nearly at the end of its life. Since they have such short lives it is often hard to tell if it was poor husbandry or old age that kills them, but they generally dont last for long in hobbyists tanks. I have heard very very few stories of anyone housing them for longer than one year.
Another con to owning them is they somehow seem to know where to hide so you cant see them.
+1
http:///forum/post/3235314
like flower mentioned they are filter feeders and require planktonic foods.
Generally when you buy one it is fully mature. A flame scallop has a natural life span of 2 years and gets about 2 1/2 wide. So when you see a large pretty flame scallop in a store the thing is nearly at the end of its life. Since they have such short lives it is often hard to tell if it was poor husbandry or old age that kills them, but they generally dont last for long in hobbyists tanks. I have heard very very few stories of anyone housing them for longer than one year.
Another con to owning them is they somehow seem to know where to hide so you cant see them.
+1
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jstdv8
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dang, those electric ones are so cool. you can even see them in the dark.
Makes you wonder what the conditions are where they live in the ocean.
Makes you wonder what the conditions are where they live in the ocean.
florida joe
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where they live in the ocean.
from a person silly enough to think he could keep one I say "they should stay in the ocean"
from a person silly enough to think he could keep one I say "they should stay in the ocean"
flower
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They are really cool, and every person I know has tried to keep one...mine lasted 8 months. It used to snap open and closed really fast to move (totally awesome to watch)and liked to stay in corners and under rock crevices.
Mine did fine until it managed to get under a rock so far I couldn't reach it to spot feed...two days later..dead.
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jstdv8
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So you spot fed every day for 8 months? I don't know why Im asking except that dedication like that is inspiring 
I guess at the very least it's not like you are killing it if it only lives a couple years anyway and is likley 1/2 way to dead when you buy it.
Expensive 6 month investment though.
I guess at the very least it's not like you are killing it if it only lives a couple years anyway and is likley 1/2 way to dead when you buy it.
Expensive 6 month investment though.
flower
Well-Known Member
Originally Posted by Jstdv8
http:///forum/post/3235465
So you spot fed every day for 8 months? I don't know why Im asking except that dedication like that is inspiring
I guess at the very least it's not like you are killing it if it only lives a couple years anyway and is likley 1/2 way to dead when you buy it.
Expensive 6 month investment though.
Yes every day 3Xs a day... when I got home from work, when I got up from sleeping and just before lights out, and yet it was barely alive, it starved in two days of not getting food. It was a good size and it had really long feelers, it was a favorite critter but it was allot of work.
I was so burned out on spot feeding I won't even own a sun coral now. If the books/web info say a critter/coral needs spot feeding, I avoid it.
http:///forum/post/3235465
So you spot fed every day for 8 months? I don't know why Im asking except that dedication like that is inspiring
I guess at the very least it's not like you are killing it if it only lives a couple years anyway and is likley 1/2 way to dead when you buy it.
Expensive 6 month investment though.
Yes every day 3Xs a day... when I got home from work, when I got up from sleeping and just before lights out, and yet it was barely alive, it starved in two days of not getting food. It was a good size and it had really long feelers, it was a favorite critter but it was allot of work.
I was so burned out on spot feeding I won't even own a sun coral now. If the books/web info say a critter/coral needs spot feeding, I avoid it.
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jstdv8
Guest
You are the woman!
I have a christmas tree coral I spot feed, but only every couple days or so.
made a spot feeder out of a srynge, short flexible tube attached to a long ridgid tube. never have to get wet, works pretty sweet.
I have a christmas tree coral I spot feed, but only every couple days or so.
made a spot feeder out of a srynge, short flexible tube attached to a long ridgid tube. never have to get wet, works pretty sweet.
flower
Well-Known Member
Originally Posted by Jstdv8
http:///forum/post/3235482
You are the woman!
I have a christmas tree coral I spot feed, but only every couple days or so.
made a spot feeder out of a srynge, short flexible tube attached to a long ridgid tube. never have to get wet, works pretty sweet.
Nice and inventive...I purchased a sea squirt for $20.00 it extends and works great, it is the best gadget I ever owned, it even works for Joes juice on aiptasia.
I do whatever it takes t keep my critters alive and happy as possible, however the least amount of work is always a plus. Spot feeding pollutes the tank and more water changes become necessary.
http:///forum/post/3235482
You are the woman!
I have a christmas tree coral I spot feed, but only every couple days or so.
made a spot feeder out of a srynge, short flexible tube attached to a long ridgid tube. never have to get wet, works pretty sweet.
Nice and inventive...I purchased a sea squirt for $20.00 it extends and works great, it is the best gadget I ever owned, it even works for Joes juice on aiptasia.
I do whatever it takes t keep my critters alive and happy as possible, however the least amount of work is always a plus. Spot feeding pollutes the tank and more water changes become necessary.
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jstdv8
Guest
I guess I don't see why it polutes the tank. When I spot feed I mix up my coral frenzy as directed, suck some out and spot feed and then dump 1/2 of whats left in front of each powerhead.
That food was going in the tank 1 way or another.
That food was going in the tank 1 way or another.