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08-14-2006, 10:00 AM
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It can be rebuilt.
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not sure, but most bivalves have commensal crabs/shrimp that will live inside of them. as with this one here they tend to be very light coloured.
i am not saying that this is one, but it is a very big possibility. could you get a pic of the claws. they look rather small, which also points to the commensal crab idea.
scallops are wicked hard to keep in a reef system. i would prolly put more blame on your GOOD water quality than on the crab. i am being very serious here when i say GOOD water quality. in order to have a tank that would keep a scallop your tank would need to be cloudy and not able to be seen through.
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08-14-2006, 04:25 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Eau Claire
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The poor scallop is dead  he was the one in my avatar)
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Originally Posted by ChrisPrusha
He was in your scallop? How is your scallop doing?
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08-14-2006, 04:30 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2006
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Originally Posted by Geoff
not sure, but most bivalves have commensal crabs/shrimp that will live inside of them. as with this one here they tend to be very light coloured.
i am not saying that this is one, but it is a very big possibility. could you get a pic of the claws. they look rather small, which also points to the commensal crab idea.
scallops are wicked hard to keep in a reef system. i would prolly put more blame on your GOOD water quality than on the crab. i am being very serious here when i say GOOD water quality. in order to have a tank that would keep a scallop your tank would need to be cloudy and not able to be seen through.
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I had that scallop for about 4 months (I have one other still kicking) I did do some target feeding. Yes the claws are very small. I do have him currently in another tank by himself.
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03-19-2007, 09:51 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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That's definitely an obligate commensal crab, probably family Pinnotheridae which contains most of the bivalve commensal crabs. Was your electric scallop from the Caribbean? Back in 1975 a new genus of pinnotherid called Limotheres was described from a caribbean Lima.
If you don't want it my colleague here at the museum would probably love to have it for research.
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03-21-2007, 09:50 AM
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Location: California
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I don't know if this is the same thing...but it is fast and it swims; not to mention it was hard to get a decent picture of. It's a little blurry but it looks a little like the first photo.
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03-21-2007, 03:09 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Kyrie - the body shape is typical for a pinnotherid but I don't think the swimming is. I'm forwarding your pic to our crustacean curator - any chance of getting a better one of the animal in a dish?
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03-21-2007, 04:58 PM
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Location: California
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Leslie,
I'll try. I put him in a small quarantine tank right now. The only reason I was able to catch him in the first place is because I caught him munching on my maiden's hair in a 5 gallon nano. Luckily there isn't a whole lot of room to run or in his case--swim, hence the ease of capture.
He's interesting but is he reef-safe? Pretty resilient considering I had nitrite spikes through the roof in that little tank. |
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03-21-2007, 05:57 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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I sent both images to Jody for his opinion. Kyrie - your image is too poor for him to work with, sorry. Afish4u - now that's one interesting animal! Jody said it's nothing like anything he's ever seen or could find in any of his books (and he's got a lot!). Would you be willing to send it to us? It's not going to last very long without a host and it would be extremely useful for Jody. If it is unique he'll probably describe it. We'll pay for postage.
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03-22-2007, 09:12 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Eau Claire
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Sorry but the crab is dead. It only lasted a little time after that. I'll try to find out where the scallop might have come from but ... well let me look into it.
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