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07-26-2007, 08:15 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
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Electric Flame Scallops
just got one.... got it real cheap, any help in how to care for it?
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07-26-2007, 08:19 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: "we all live in a..."
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you can try and feed it some kind of plankton 1-2 times a week.... but more than likely it will be dead by Sept/Oct.
it will hide where you cant find it and starve itself to death...sorry
READ THIS http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...002/toonen.htm
i bought two on two different occassions....and the longest one lasted was about 3 months.... sorry just my experience.
they seem like a LFS novelty to me that doesnt last long
i hope you do better than me.
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07-26-2007, 08:46 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Buffalo,NY
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I just picked one up cheap as well. It was just so cool and I've read they don't last long, so I figured better in my tank than the LFS.
Anyways, mine doesn't hide at all, he has been sitting right up front. I got him 1 week ago and he hasn't moved.
I spot feed him DTs every couple days or so.
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07-26-2007, 08:49 PM
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Wrasseman!
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Vancouver Wa
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They are short term entertainment in your tank
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07-26-2007, 09:18 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
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cool.......ne info on a long nosed hawkfish?
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07-26-2007, 09:25 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: caledonia MN
Posts: 1,640
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haven't had one of the electric ones yet, can you really see the blue electicity shooting across?
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07-26-2007, 09:31 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Chicago
Posts: 1,320
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Quote:
Originally Posted by talon4x4
I just picked one up cheap as well. It was just so cool and I've read they don't last long, so I figured better in my tank than the LFS.
Anyways, mine doesn't hide at all, he has been sitting right up front. I got him 1 week ago and he hasn't moved.
I spot feed him DTs every couple days or so.
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Not trying to start a debate or get personal, and I'm sure it wasn't intentional, but this logic is flawed. If you buy an animal, you encourage the store to keep buying the animal - in economic terms you create demand. And where there is demand there is supply. This encourages the continued removal of animals that dont survive to pad the pocket of those who care less about the animals than us. Again, I'm sure there was no maliscious intent, but just pointing it out, so next time... 
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07-26-2007, 09:38 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Posts: 404
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yeah they look sweet with the "electrical flashes!
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07-26-2007, 11:50 PM
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Forever Reef
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: WV
Posts: 2,207
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you must feed planktonic foods reagularly but ive never heard of one lasting for years  |
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07-27-2007, 12:28 AM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Canada
Posts: 1,382
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nope, they die all the time at the LFS here, last no more than a month usually.
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07-27-2007, 02:49 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 34,178
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A couple months top!
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07-28-2007, 12:37 AM
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water boy
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Tacoma,WA
Posts: 257
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Ya, same experience with the 2 I had. Looked cool, but not long lasting. I posted the loss because I did not know why they passed. Wish I would've known. They are cool, though.
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