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Old 04-21-2003, 12:40 PM
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Jon, do you really have 1000 brittle stars? We found that ours didn't really clean up-just hid in his favourite rock.
Same with mine. He is pretty big, and stays in a rock crevice. I am at a loss as to why he doesn't come out, even at night. (I've done the flashlight inspection, and he is still in his rock.)


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Old 04-21-2003, 02:07 PM
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I should clarify. The brittle stars I am talking about are the extremely small kind. Many in calgary have them because of all the trading. Most of us got them from Delphinus orrigionally. They are about the size of a loonie from arm tip to arm tip.
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Old 04-21-2003, 03:42 PM
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I just noticed my conch crawling op onto my LR and feeding. I thought that they stayed on the sand. Is this normal behavior?
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Old 04-21-2003, 07:40 PM
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I just noticed my conch crawling op onto my LR and feeding. I thought that they stayed on the sand. Is this normal behavior?
Fighting Conches are supposed to stay on the sand, whereas Queens are supposed to crawl all over from what I have read. Mine always stays on, or in the sand, because he uses a huge foot that he extends to move. If he tried that on the LR, he would fall off.
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Other than mobility, is there any difference? Are Queen conchs reef safe? (I thought this was a fighting conch)
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Old 04-21-2003, 08:26 PM
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Other than mobility, is there any difference? Are Queen conchs reef safe? (I thought this was a fighting conch)
As far as I know they are reef safe. They just grow a lot bigger. If they grow as fast as my Fighting Conch, I would be scared. Of course they don't grow as fast for everybody. I must be an anomaly.
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I hope it doesn't get too big, its about an inch long now. I have visions of the Bud commercial!!
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Old 04-21-2003, 10:24 PM
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I hope it doesn't get too big, its about an inch long now. I have visions of the Bud commercial!!
Well as I said, I don't think a Fighting Conch is physically able to leave the sandbed. If yours is crawling around on rocks, I think it is a Queen, and they grow about 10 inches long.
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i've just noticed how expensive clean-up crews are. i'm looking at probably $200 just for some snails. planning to go without crabs at this point in time.
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Teevee,

I know just what you mean. My damn hermits eat my snails as fast as I put them in the tank so my new tank will be hermit free. As its going I'm up to probably almost $100 in snails and other cleaners. Oh well, as long as they help battle the algae I guess they are worth their weight in gold.

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