Popular Post Timfish Posted September 7, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted September 7, 2017 Caught a Flame Scallop with biolumenesent flashing in it's mantle. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Super cool Tim! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Those have always been so neat to see. Saw some in the LFS the other week and the kids liked them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mFrame Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Awesome Tim! I've always wanted one but heard they were hard to keep. How old are these and what's your trick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Tim can keep anything... that is the trick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ACampbell Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 So cool! Great quality. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BobcatReefer Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Had one a while back and actually kept it for almost a year, iirc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted September 17, 2017 Author Share Posted September 17, 2017 Thank ya'all! I've had specimens live close to 3 three years but these I've only had a couple months. It's probably been 8 or 10 years since the last time I tried any though because of their generally poor survival rate. (I'm inclined to think they should live more on the order of a decade.) I thought I'd try them again since I've having very good success with turkey wing clams in another system and I've set this system up with an autofeeder and mixing tube on the return pump that spits food throughout the tank. I'm using .5 and 1 mm pellets and two different powdered coral food. The mixing tube has angled slots on one side that create a vortex that mixes the food with the water. The intake to the return pump has a downward facing 90° elbow so the vortex doesn't let air get sucked into the pump. This system also has breeding pairs of both skunk cleaners and coral banded shrimp so larva are being released almost weekly. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneroller Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 How cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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