Electric flame scallop

Psiber_Syn · Aug 31, 2016

I know a scallop is not a clam but it's close lol

Anyway I'm new to scallops and such It's actually day 2 in my tank. It was extending tentacles when I put it in yesterday and had the "tongue?" Out moving around this morning. But when I got home from work minutes ago all the tentacles are pulled inside is this normal?

saltyfilmfolks · Aug 31, 2016

Psiber_Syn said:
I know a scallop is not a clam but it's close lol

Anyway I'm new to scallops and such It's actually day 2 in my tank. It was extending tentacles when I put it in yesterday and had the "tongue?" Out moving around this morning. But when I got home from work minutes ago all the tentacles are pulled inside is this normal?

no not generally. keep an eye on it. Long acclimation I hope? I oft wonder what impact ph and alk have on these guys.

stevo01 · Aug 31, 2016

Not normal. It's actually not a true scallop. Defined by the direction it swims. Yes I said swim lol. You will have to attempt to spot feed it the proper size food. These animals never last long in systems. They last months to a year. It will also find a hole or crevice in a rock and your not going to see it much after that. Also don't try to pull it out once it has locked itself from in. Sorry about the bad news.

Psiber_Syn · Aug 31, 2016

I can actually say my Ph 8.2 and alk of 8 are stable cal and mag is another story lol
Yes bout an hour acclamation time

Psiber_Syn · Aug 31, 2016

stevo01 said:
Not normal. It's actually not a true scallop. Defined by the direction it swims. Yes I said swim lol. You will have to attempt to spot feed it the proper size food. These animals never last long in systems. They last months to a year. It will also find a hole or crevice in a rock and your not going to see it much after that. Also don't try to pull it out once it has locked itself from in. Sorry about the bad news.

While researching after I bought it I read just about that same paragraph at least 2 times lol

I have phytoplankton on a doser everyday and I hand dose zooplankton every other day and I use reef chilli to spot feed my coral so I'm sure there's tons of particles in the water

just hard to eat when its drawn in . I have him in between my leds under my glass brace and I'd say low to medium flow maybe more

saltyfilmfolks · Aug 31, 2016

my scallop is a 14 months old. (hope im not cursing myself). took some doing to coax him into what I though might be a good spot, been there ever since. one of my indo mussels is now 4 years(that Ive had it)

you can pretty safely cut the threads closest to the rock IMO IME.
Bummer I hope he pulls through. its the acclimation from one water to another i wonder about with these guys. if they dont like the flow yea theyll swim for it. And yea knock over rocks by wedging in and opening up. if hes not swimming hes prob not well.

stevo01 · Aug 31, 2016

Cool.

Psiber_Syn said:
While researching after I bought it I read just about that same paragraph at least 2 times lol

I have phytoplankton on a doser everyday and I hand dose zooplankton every other day and I use reef chilli to spot feed my coral so I'm sure there's tons of particles in the water just hard to eat when its drawn in . I have him in between my leds under my glass brace and I'd say low to medium flow maybe more

Good deal, you may have it for awhile like Salty! I have resisted the urge to have one. @NHreefguy has one in his 40b DT, but it's new to the tank. I believe he is growing phyto as well. I would go the same route and spot feed some Brightwell. I just feel that the cons outweigh the pros on these guys. They are really cool! Best of luck friend

saltyfilmfolks · Aug 31, 2016

stevo01 said:
I just feel that the cons outweigh the pros on these guys.

they most often do.
For any and all reading this, every species has its own needs. not all tanks can support all species. I would venture to say any tank cannot support all species.

@psyber I do wonder if the acclimation was perhaps too long. I dont know how much ammonia they put out.

NHreefguy · Aug 31, 2016

Mine stays wide open all the time. I spot feed reef bugs three times a week and phyto in between that. Hard to tell if it's happy though, he is upside down in the back of my tank where I have to smush my head against the wall to see him

stevo01 · Aug 31, 2016

NHreefguy said:
he is upside down in the back of my tank where I have to smush my head against the wall to see him

Sorry, I was off topic. Edited.

Tahoe61 · Aug 31, 2016

It looks like you acquired an already compromised specimen unfortunately, acclimation probably just pushed it over the edge.

saltyfilmfolks · Aug 31, 2016

Tahoe61 said:
It looks like you acquired an already compromised specimen unfortunately, acclimation probably just pushed it over the edge.

What do you think about the ammonia question. I know they poop quite a bit. Never seen my squamosa poop. I believe I followed large clam acclimation for my scallop. Never had acclimation probs with my other bi valves. I did lose on red scallop after acclimation but 2 other lived.

Tahoe61 · Aug 31, 2016

saltyfilmfolks said:
What do you think about the ammonia question. I know they poop quite a bit. Never seen my squamosa poop. I believe I followed large clam acclimation for my scallop. Never had acclimation probs with my other bi valves. I did lose on red scallop after acclimation but 2 other lived.

Frankly I never even consider it but it's certainly could be a contributing factor in a smaller quantity of water during shipping.
The issue with these inverts is that from the time of collection, through transport and then time at the LFS the invert is really not receiving adequate nutrition or optimal water quality. You see the same thing with Linckia, Sandsifting stars and other inverts. LFS know this so they push and then offer the animal for a real deal (yea right) as to unload it before the animal dies. It's an ugly reality of the hobby.

saltyfilmfolks · Aug 31, 2016

Tahoe61 said:
You see the same thing with Linckia, Sandsifting stars and other inverts. LFS know this so they push and then offer the animal for a real deal (yea right) as to unload it before the animal dies. It's an ugly reality of the hobby.

yea. this i do know.

Tahoe61 · Aug 31, 2016

My experience with flame scallops has been successful as long as I made sure I stirred up detritus in the bi-values general area using a turkey baster and blowing off the rock work and stirring up some sand as well. In the wild I have seen them living in fairly turbid waters. Start with a good specimen and make sure to provide routine small particulate matter for feeding and they are not as hard to keep as they are made out to be..

Psiber_Syn · Sep 1, 2016

Last night before lights out the shell was open I sprayed some reef chilli/oyster feast/zooplankton combo I use to feed the other corals and he didn't close at all I think that's a bad sign I even touched him he didn't close.
As for the Hr acclimation I got him out of the lfs bucket he was in acclamation there opened full tentacles out etc etc. Bagged it brought it home 10 min maybe and done my reg 30 min acclimate so I guess prolly an Hr or so

He is not open now but just a half inch no tentacles out :-(

saltyfilmfolks · Sep 1, 2016

Psiber_Syn said:
Last night before lights out the shell was open I sprayed some reef chilli/oyster feast/zooplankton combo I use to feed the other corals and he didn't close at all I think that's a bad sign I even touched him he didn't close.
As for the Hr acclimation I got him out of the lfs bucket he was in acclamation there opened full tentacles out etc etc. Bagged it brought it home 10 min maybe and done my reg 30 min acclimate so I guess prolly an Hr or so

He is not open now but just a half inch no tentacles out :-(

sorry.
Darned frustrating. Dunno. keep an eye out for a healthy one and try again!