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Sea
Scallops
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Scallops share
a two-part shell with a hinge and foot, though they have no true
head. All are filter feeders, requiring food designed for these
types of invertebrates. If they are threatened, they can escape
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Bright Red Flame
Scallop
Description:
The Red Flame Scallop has a bright red mantel with red or white
tentacles. It builds a small nest of small rocks and pieces of
coral in which it embeds itself. When threatened, it can escape
by clapping its valves together, propelling it through the water.
It tolerates all animals that do not try to eat it, and can be
kept in groups.
Diet: Being a filter feeder, it requires frequent water
changes or a source of food being added to the water, such as
live or frozen baby brine shrimp, Marine Snow, PhytoPlancton
or any other suitable micro foods.Electric Flame Scallops also
benefit from the addition of the normal reef trace elements and
the addtion of iodine, calcium, and strontium on occasion.
Reef Compatability: An excellent reef aquarium species because it will
not bother invertebrates.
Approximate Purchase Size:
2" to 4" |
$8.99 ea.
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Electric Flame
Scallop
Description:
The Electric Flame Scallop
has a bright red mantel with red tentacles. The mantel of this
species seems to create electricity which can be seen shooting
across the mantel like lightning bolts. These surges of electricity
are bright enough to be seen in the aquarium when the lights
are off. It builds a small nest of small rocks and pieces of
coral in which it embeds itself. When threatened, it can escape
by clapping its valves together, propelling it through the water.
It tolerates all animals that do not try to eat it, and can be
kept in groups.
Diet: Being a filter feeder, it requires frequent water
changes or a source of food being added to the water, such as
live or frozen baby brine shrimp, Marine Snow, PhytoPlancton
or any other suitable micro foods.Electric Flame Scallops also
benefit from the addition of the normal reef trace elements and
the addtion of iodine, calcium, and strontium on occasion.
Reef Compatability: An excellent reef aquarium species because it will
not bother invertebrates.
Approximate Purchase Size:
2" to 4" |
$19.99 ea.
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Thorny Oyster
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The Thorny Oyster is large and colorful.
The shell is shaped much like a scallop's shell, but the Thorny
Oyster remains securely attached to the substrate on the aquarium
floor, and does not wander. A reef safe invertebrate, the shell
has many ridges and spines giving the Thorny Oyster an unusual,
unique appearance. The Thorny Oyster is very sensitive to water
quality and changes in the aquariums salinity (specific gravityu).
It is a filter feeder, and requires floating micro - plankton
to be kept alive in the aquarium, and requires supplementation
with phytoplankton. It also needs proper calcium levels and alkalinity.
It does not tolerate nitrates or copper-based medications. Approximate
Purchase Size: 4" to 6" |
$54.99 ea.
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*Due to variations
within each species, your
aquarium specimens may not look identical to the image provided. |
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