flameing scallop

I brought home a flameing scallop yesterday. He found a nice cave to attach to, and appears to be open and feeding. I have read they are heavy feeders, and I was wondering if I could drip feed, if so, what rate would you suggest.

 

I'm not sure if I like the idea of drip feeding. I don't see "stuff" being consumed at a rate fast enough to where it needs to be dripped IMO. Just spot feed some phyto a few times a week.

 

Flame scollops are nice, the eletric ones are even nicer. Unfortunately tho they are really heavy feeders and usually die in the home aquarium.

 

I have various filter feeders, that my lfs guy said would benifit from feeding (feather dusters and softies) already in the tank, my tank is established and I have not added anything to the tank to feed them. I have a good skimmer, but I only run it 10hrs a day. I thought they would benifit from the left overs, anyway thanks for the advice. I dont want to do anything that will endanger the over all health of my tank; so target feeding it is.

 

The tank of the month on nano reef is a guy who has all non photosynthetic corals in his tank. He uses a continuous feed method to keep them all going. Heres a link. Uhuru - Featured Reef Profiles - Nano-Reef.com

 

He changes 25% of the water twice a week lol

 

LOL Ya i know. Never said having an awesome tank thats feed 24/7 is easy though did I ;D

 

I had two that lasted about 9 months (got lazy and did not feed them phyto for a couple months). Just give them phyto once a week and you should be ok and enjoy.

 

Thanks for all the great input. This forum is awsome!

 

Thanks for starting this thread as I'm looking to add an electric flame scallop when my tank is more established.

Good info from everyone.

I'm already feeding phyto for all my corals and other filter feeders. So won't be a problem.