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Old 04-17-2003, 02:12 AM
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yup i know this, but that is also what the bugs and worms do
Not in the same manner, it will have to do with food sizes and overall size of the animal. The snail is a very effective sand bed stirrer, you could say they're "stir"crazy. Worms and bugs are good but nassarius are also good.
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Old 04-17-2003, 02:37 AM
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My cleanup crew for my 27gl reef consist of:

6x astrea snails

6x cerith snails

12x blue leg hermits

2x fighting conch

2x cleaner shrimp

2x yellow watchmen gobies

1x peppermint shrimp

I have kept these numbers for a few years now and I'm very happpy with the cleaning that takes place.

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I would be interested to know how big your Fighting Conches are. I have had mine for only a few months. In that time it has quadrupled in size. I just measured it, and it is 21/2 inches long. I am getting concerned it will never stop growing.
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Old 04-17-2003, 04:00 AM
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I would be interested to know how big your Fighting Conches are. I have had mine for only a few months. In that time it has quadrupled in size. I just measured it, and it is 21/2 inches long. I am getting concerned it will never stop growing.
Bob, do you have a pic of your conch? one of the feeding apendage and one of the shell?

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do the conches do well in a trigger or wrasse tank?
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Old 04-17-2003, 08:17 PM
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I would be interested to know how big your Fighting Conches are. I have had mine for only a few months. In that time it has quadrupled in size. I just measured it, and it is 21/2 inches long. I am getting concerned it will never stop growing.
Bob, do you have a pic of your conch? one of the feeding apendage and one of the shell?

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Ok here goes. He must love all that calcium in our water to grow so fast.

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Ok here goes. He must love all that calcium in our water to grow so fast.
Um, or he just has to ton of diatoms to eat is he making a din't in that? looks like he just un burried him self in that pic.

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Ok here goes. He must love all that calcium in our water to grow so fast.
Um, or he just has to ton of diatoms to eat is he making a din't in that? looks like he just un burried him self in that pic.

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That is not the point. He has enough to eat. The point is the question, "is it a fighting Conch, and how much bigger is he going to get?" He is controlling that brown stuff nicely.
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Yes it is a fighting conch, and if you say he is 2.5 then maby another 1.5"

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Yes it is a fighting conch, and if you say he is 2.5 then maby another 1.5"

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OK, thanks. I will make some small changes to decrease the growth of that brown stull, and decrease the growth rate of the conch as well (I hope). Maybe I could rent him out to people with algae problems.
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OK, thanks. I will make some small changes to decrease the growth of that brown stull, and decrease the growth rate of the conch as well (I hope). Maybe I could rent him out to people with algae problems.
you getting a skimmer? or a RO unit???

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