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Old 01-03-2005, 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by vjvl51
These guys need a lot of sand surface with algae on it, to graze on. Figure about 20 square feet each.

They will also need a sand bed about 4 to 6 inches deep, simply to bury into." from - http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...readid=352087&

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Vickie
I think that is for the queen isn't it. I think they recommend at least 2 sq feet of open sand bed for the fighting conch. anyways mine has been going almost 3 years in approximately that condition. they also do fine in 1" of sand. At least he was right on the diatom/micro algae eating part

Steve
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