Red Flame Scallop

[Yuki Rihwa]

A local LFS have a few flame scallops available, documentary and report from other folks that these scallop last around 1 year in home aquarium and its required target spot feed and often listed at an expert care level from online vendors. Its quite intimidating from reading how to care for this scallop LOL so should I get it?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Get more than one. Quite often they come in to the store in poor health. My current red scallop is the last of three. The other two lasted a month or so, this one is going on two years or so.

Over skimming and over filtration is An obvious no no. I also have a large refugium in my 55. I only occasionally feed feed phytos. But my foods do contain spirulina and other stuff.

 

[Yuki Rihwa]

Thanks! They have 4 and seem like 1 already dead so I bought all 3 that still alive 9 bucks each so it's not a big deal if they are not going to make it. I stopped using skimmer so there is won't be over skimming, I'm running 2x Fluval G6 filter on this tank so I think it's a bit over mechanical filtration, well we will see what's happen next /cheer.

 

[Yuki Rihwa]

WoW I placed them in my tank and 1 opened up and I saw some electric light running at the edge O.O so awesome...Now, I wish they have a longer life in my tank

 

[LostInTheDark]

I had one last about 3 years. It found a place under a ledge near the sand. It was constantly open and had no problem keeping itself fed in the currents.

 

[Katrina71]

Pics please

 

[DSC reef]

Electric flame scallops are cool. It actually the color of the mantle on the edge and when it moves it looks like electricity jolting through.

 

[Yuki Rihwa]

Pics please

You can see a white light at the edge, it's their electric light.

another one more clearer for the electric light.

In the 1st picture on the left corner is a Osyter I bought from a local super market all 4 alives and opened up, I just don't know how long they gonna live in home aquarium, I'm gonna broadcast feed PhytoGreen-M daily so hopefully everyone can get some food and stay healthy.
***I'm gonna shop around Asian super Market for some Blood Clam, I was doubt about their life in a pile of ice but after some reading about them, these clams can live without water for days if the environment they are in moisture enough. Oh, these blood clams were collected at US coast beach in the tag description...I just don't know where hehehe!

 

[Katrina71]

Very pretty. Please post your progress. I'm a fan of those!

 

[Yuki Rihwa]

Very pretty. Please post your progress. I'm a fan of those!

Sure, will do.

 

[Yuki Rihwa]

The 3 scallops look like regained their strength, I guess they were belly fulled after the Oyster spawn incident lol.
They are now making thread to take hold at their favorite spot.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Great to hear! Did they attach were you can see them? A big complaint of people's is they hide. It's hard to convince them to pick a spot where you can.

Beautiful animals, not good listeners.

 

[Yuki Rihwa]

Great to hear! Did they attach were you can see them? A big complaint of people's is they hide. It's hard to convince them to pick a spot where you can.

Beautiful animals, not good listeners.

Seem like they attached to the interface of sand/rock work (vertical rock), for now they are facing in my view favor but until they attached the current spot permanent then thing might change later on, I didn't change my water flow so I hope after they are learn and pick the best spot of flow then I think they will stay there for good.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Excellent to hear!!

 

[Yuki Rihwa]

Here is the latest picture, the third one join the group too, I don't know how they find each other but they did it, amazing little critters like @saltyfilmfolks said previous post

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Here is the latest picture, the third one join the group too, I don't know how they find each other but they did it, amazing little critters like @saltyfilmfolks said previous post

That's the cutest picture ever

 

[Roy 9121]

I've always want to add one to my tank, but heard they are hard to keep, and can be little bull dozers in your tank. I will be watching to see how you do with this one.

 

[Yuki Rihwa]

Does it normal that their tentacle become white in color?
In the last picture you can see the third one (far right) its tentacle started fading out to white but still look/doing fine.
I search around google and there some red scallop with white tentacle so I'm not sure it normal or something going on that I need to fix?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Does it normal that their tentacle become white in color?
In the last picture you can see the third one (far right) its tentacle started fading out to white but still look/doing fine.
I search around google and there some red scallop with white tentacle so I'm not sure it normal or something going on that I need to fix?

Unfortunately I don't belive it's quite normal. Could be I suppose. But there's nothing to fix, save so what you're doing.
If it looks fine it prob is fine. You'll know when it's not.
You have an eye for Bi Valves. You for sure will know even if you haven't seen it before.


Looks fine is fine , fingers crossed.

 

[Yuki Rihwa]

A week later all 3 scallops still looking fine and stay at their chosen spot, they do turn left or right sometime but not moving out. I was tried to adjust the one that seem limited to open its shell due to rock work but I couldn't do anything because it anchored hard like it was super glued into the rock LOL.