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02-16-2008, 03:34 AM
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| Elegance coral  | Re: Electric Flame Scallop Electric sparks? No S@it! Thats really cool! Will it hurt other animals with the electricity? Quote:
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02-16-2008, 04:14 AM
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| Scopas Tang  | Re: Electric Flame Scallop Not as far as I can tell... I'm not 100% sure it's even electricity, maybe photo florescences? A hermit got too close and it got one of it's legs caught for a while before freeing it self, didn't get harmed... I wonder if the "light" is a hunting mechanism to attract prey in the wild? This isn't my video, but found it on youtube and this is what it looks like... YouTube - Electric Flame Scallop |
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02-16-2008, 04:30 AM
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| Reef Lobster  | Re: Electric Flame Scallop Before my tanks went down in the hurricanes down here, I had a few in my 55 gal. I would add live brine to the tank and the clams lights would attract the brine. They would get caught up in the tenticles and drug inside the clam. I would also spot feed them my blender mix as well. The longest I was ever able to keep one alive was about 1 1/2 years. |
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02-16-2008, 11:04 AM
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| Sunshine Reefer   | Re: Electric Flame Scallop They are very difficult to keep in captivity and are on many lists of animals that should be kept in the ocean. Do some internet searches and find what they are most likely to eat so you can do your best to keep it alive. Most simply starve in aquariums. Kudos to you John for keeping one that long. That is very impressive.
__________________ Peace LYNN  Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Lynn's frag tank experiment A reef tank is like a race car. The faster you go the harder you crash.  |
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02-16-2008, 02:43 PM
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| Scopas Tang | Re: Electric Flame Scallop Quote:
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02-16-2008, 02:48 PM
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| Do I look as lost as I am  | Re: Electric Flame Scallop I had one in my 10g from week #2 and it lived 11 months... was AWESOME to see....
__________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!! Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC*.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!! Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten  BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef |
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02-16-2008, 07:13 PM
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| Neon dottyback  | Re: Electric Flame Scallop According to my trustee Marine Inverebrates book it says that they need a lot of food to survive and it should be phytoplankton. They like dim light and can be picked on by mobile inverts such as crabs, sars, whelks and some fish may pick a them also. Hope this may help...
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02-16-2008, 09:24 PM
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| Reef Lobster | Re: Electric Flame Scallop Thanks Lynn, I saw your post. Slakker, My blender mix has phyto in it as well as reef plus. Also, clams, shrimp, squid, sea vegies, krill, brine shrimp, whiting, octopus and garlic. Who knows what the clam liked best, maybe it was just the phyto and the reef plus that did the trick. I know they are filter feeders but I never saw one eject a live brine shrimp. They need a protein rich environment. If you are planning on keeping him in a reef only tank, it won't last long. |
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02-16-2008, 10:27 PM
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| Scopas Tang | Re: Electric Flame Scallop I have a mixed tank, I feed a mix a pellets, flakes and frozen food to the fishes with suppliments of lipovit and immuvit. And a 1/2 squirt of phyto concentrate into the water. I hope that should have enough dissolved organics in the water for it to filter feed. I'm also trying to squirt the frozen food upstream of current to see if it's tentacles will catch a stray shrimp. I've never tried making my own mix yet. Don't know much about it actually... is it worth while? |
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02-16-2008, 10:57 PM
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| Reef Lobster | Re: Electric Flame Scallop Saves me a bundle of money. I use aqua star mixed seafood. 3.99 Whiting fillet 4.99 Some dried krill 2.00 Two little fishes sea vegies (couple sheets) 1.50? half a bottle (small) reef plus 2.50 half bottle Phyto 2.50 two tbs. garlic liquid - Seachem .15? About $18.00. I get about 12 to 14 sandwich size zip lock bags from this mix. Lasts a long time! The mixed seafood and whiting fillet are in the grocery's seafood freezer. I thaw it to where it is still slightly frozen. Thaw it out too much and you will have soup very fast! Keeping it a little frozen, gets it to the chunks sizes you want. Do the dry stuff first - sea vegies and krill. I use a food processor for fish food and a blender for reef food. Your clam may like a fine blended mix, where fish like larger chunks. You just gotta use a little common sense and watch what is being eaten and what is not. My fish must like it, they run to me when they see the turkey baster. My tank never looked so good since I started doing my own mix. I try to put a little something for everyone in it. |
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