Has anyone successfully kept a Flame Scallop?

[elorablue]

A stunning creature but I never see one in an actual aquarium. Anybody?

 

[PhilMStudy]

These were getting really popular 10-15 years ago when I was in the hobby previously (recently got back into it)

from memory they are difficult

 

[N.Sreefer]

Tried them 3 diff times tried direct feeding, tried everything they never lasted more than 6 months max in any tank Ive tried them in.

 

[albano]

Filter feeders that are best left in the ocean

 

[elorablue]

Thanks folks. Yes, that's what I'd always heard about them. Kinda irks me that shops keep selling them, but looking like that they're probably an easy sell . Shame really.

 

[albano]

In the 80s I helped my friend with his LFS…when ordering Florida live rock, the suppliers often threw in some (free) flame scallops … since we knew that they wouldn’t live long, we gave them away to customers and asked them to report back to us if they were successful.
Still waiting for a success story!

 

[Jimmyneptune]

I had one for maybe 8 months or more. I saw him on day 1 when I put him in the tank and thought he was gone after that. I saw him again maybe 6-7 months later for a month or so after I thought he was gone. I had not seen him again.

 

[elorablue]

I had one for maybe 8 months or more. I saw him on day 1 when I put him in the tank and thought he was gone after that. I saw him again maybe 6-7 months later for a month or so after I thought he was gone. I had not seen him again.

8 months or so? I think you may be the longevity winner

 

[kingjoe]

My first flame lived ~ 2 weeks. I bought another and had him for perhaps 3 years. He was plainly visible under a rock shelf at the back of the tank, just filter feeding his life away. My success is clearly an anomaly; I wish I could offer a concrete explanation for his longevity. I do recall that I hit him with Marine Snow several times a week, nothing beyond that. I'd call it straight luck and wager that I'd not have the same result if I tried another.

 

[elorablue]

My first flame lived ~ 2 weeks. I bought another and had him for perhaps 3 years. He was plainly visible under a rock shelf at the back of the tank, just filter feeding his life away. My success is clearly an anomaly; I wish I could offer a concrete explanation for his longevity. I do recall that I hit him with Marine Snow several times a week, nothing beyond that. I'd call it straight luck and wager that I'd not have the same result if I tried another.

New runaway leader !

 

[kzenoni]

I’ve got one in my tank seems to be happy for now. Same thing, under my rocks at the back of the tank. Can only see him if I use a flashlight.

 

[dennis romano]

Mine was about eight months old when I accidentally killed it. I didn't like where he had planted and moved it. It didn't like where I had placed it and started flapping to find a new spot. He got too close to a Cerianthus anemone and got stung. Dead the next day. They have to be fed with tiny food like oyster eggs.

 

[Dolphins18]

will not try again for now. I tried many years ago when popular, withered away very quick. I think like most say they are best left to the ocean for now. Maybe if the world spent a little less on nonsensical things and more on marine research we would be able to keep them one day. We can hope, because they really are beautiful.

 

[GrapevineReefs]

i have two currently in two separate reefs. They both haven’t ever given me any trouble i dose red sea AB+ daily. one of them is in my NPS reef which get absurd care and attention and the other is in a mixed reef that just gets the AB+ nothing else and both have been healthy as an ox for over 2 years now. it’s a terrible picture i’m not home at the moment but this is what the one in my NPS reef looks like 24/7 they move if they aren’t pleased with the flow situation they are very funny to watch swim around they are capable of knocking glued corals down whilst moving about but once happy they stay put

 

[RMS18]

I have one, came on some live rock. I had it in a frag system, then after 4 months I broke that system down. I removed it's foot from the rock, not that gentle. Placed it in a 10gallon nano I have. It left the sand and crawled around the rock and found a nice home in back of the rockwork. I feed the tank AA and some frozen food for my one tail spot blenny. Total time with me 6 months now.

 

[Mick51]

Filter feeders that are best left in the ocean

Filter feeders that are best left in the ocean

Hey Albano.. Is the hudson valley reef keepers still a thing? I joined it in 05 but it seemed to fizzle out…

 

[Sump Crab]

These were getting really popular 10-15 years ago when I was in the hobby previously (recently got back into it)

from memory they are difficult

Lol yup. I bought one back then too..

 

[Jamescurtis]

I have an electric flame scallop for 6-7 months now seems happy, lives in a open cave that gets alot of water flow. I dose ab+ and phytoplankton every evening. Photo was taken just now

 

[oldbob50]

I had one the was very happy for about 11 months. The problem is not in keeping them. If you have a tank that supports a large number of filter feeders they should do fine. However, they have only a 3 year life span and if you get one that is about 2 inches in size it is about 2 years old already. I found this out only after I bought one. They are fantastic to look at but like to hide so you don't see them very often. Mine stayed in a cave in my rock work and the only thing I could see were the tentacles. I would not recommend having one because of the short life span and the fact that if you bought it to look at it, good luck. They do not like to be out in the open and will move to a spot were they are hidden.

 

[Dixon B]

I think the thing that would determine a more likely successful endeavor as opposed to a negative one would be purely if you run the type of tank that is designed to support their feeding and light needs. For example, do you have clams that require high light and some sort of specific feed? or would you have to change your entire approach to your tank just to accompany one small creature? IF you wanna alter then I would buy like ten of them lol. Make it worth the trouble.