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07-11-2007, 01:36 AM
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King of the Niblonians!
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Elkhart, Indiana
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Clam or a scalop...
I bought what was labled as a pulsing scallop.. It is like a clam but with red flesh and tenticals, when observed it shoots blue looking lines through it self. If any one has one could the post a pic and tell me about it. They are very interesting,, looks as if lighting was shooting though it.
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07-11-2007, 02:20 AM
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Pinch That Penny
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Redmond Oregon
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electric scallop. plankton feeder, likes flow, not a light lover, will move itself till it finds a spot it likes and will stay there.
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07-11-2007, 02:26 AM
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Not to be a pessimist or anything.....but they seldom live more than 6 months in our aquariums. The wither away and die.
Ive killed two of them myself. I did get the second one to live twice as long as the first by target feeding phyto....it made it about 7 months
Gorgeous creatures although they really should stay in the ocean. Technically i believe the flashing ones are a file clam and not really a scallop. I could be wrong...i remember reading that somewhere
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07-11-2007, 02:41 AM
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Pinch That Penny
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yeah I've heard that too bill but they are such awesome creatures. I'm a huge fan of mine. I hope I can convince it to stay for a while. He's been in the same spot, open and happy for about 2 months now. we've had him for about 4
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07-11-2007, 02:41 AM
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Still Here, But Gone
Join Date: Jan 2007
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electric scallop..youll have to fed it plenty of planktonic foods to keep it..but there life span is usually short..
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07-11-2007, 07:04 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
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As Fly Guy told you they don't live long.6 months maybe.
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07-12-2007, 07:42 AM
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King of the Niblonians!
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Thats defiantly it in the pic, I will target feed him more. He prefers his hideaway under some plants on live rock. He opens up huge, hopefully it doesn't eat fish  . Look for a pic later. |
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07-12-2007, 09:11 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Loverotties
As Fly Guy told you they don't live long.6 months maybe.
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 just like most filter feeding corals im afraid
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07-12-2007, 11:17 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: spartanburg, south carolina
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Yeah, a beautiful bivalve but very hard to keep alive long term. Kind of like the mandarin goby in that respect - beautiful, popular, easily found, but extremely difficult to keep alive for long.  |
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07-12-2007, 10:04 PM
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Pinch That Penny
Join Date: Mar 2007
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no he's not gonna eat ur fish. they like plankton so spot feed him that.
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07-13-2007, 04:45 PM
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King of the Niblonians!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hng
Yeah, a beautiful bivalve but very hard to keep alive long term. Kind of like the mandarin goby in that respect - beautiful, popular, easily found, but extremely difficult to keep alive for long. |
I once had a mandrid goby, Every now and agian I could get it to eat bloodworms. But one day I had noticed I had not seen it for a few days. Never did find a body,
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