Scallop

I just got a scallop! I couldnt resist getting it. They are so cool looking. Heres some pics. Anything I should know about them?

 

you should know they need to be spot fed daily. they move around a lot and often get to where you can't see them... making target feeding a real pain.

I think these tend to die pretty quickly in captivity. I never got one bc of this... so I'm only saying what I've read here, no personal experience.


If you can, it's generally safer to ask that question before you buy


They are awesome though. Good luck with it.

 

Should I turn off all my pumps to spot feed it?

 

Just hopped off its perch and opened up really wide. Here is another picture

 

phyto plankton *I think* is what folks feed these... about the current, I don't know.

never tried one before. I don't even know how to tell if feeding is even succeeding or not...


I think these tend to last around 6 months and then become an empty shell...

 

also, scroll down to the bottom of THIS thread and look at "similar threads" to get some more info.

 

I owned one and it is exactly like Peredhil says. Hard to keep due to daily feedings.

 

Ive had mine for 8 months, 3 of those months is was hidden behind the rocks, I finally dug it out and moved it to a diff spot under some rocks where he gets good flow, he has stayed there ever since, I phyto the tank ever couple days and he seems happy, I have the electric flame and its really cool to sit and watch the light show after lights out. Ive never spot fed mine but I have alot of meat eating corals so I have a tendency to feed heavier then most.....

 

this is beautiful. I am jellious....

 

feed them alot, but it may last mine is doing fine