Help ID my conch
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Topic: Help ID my conch
Posted By: vbg
Subject: Help ID my conch
Date Posted: November 09 2008 at 12:57am
I got this conch from a lfs because they said that the fighting conch that I went there to get ate snails. So I got this one and I like the looks just wondering what it is.  When I first got it I think the whole shell was shiny with none of the black spiky stuff. Thanks in advance ------------- Aaron Ferre New guy with a keyboard, watch out!!! 54g custom bowfront |
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Posted By: GentlemanBean
Date Posted: November 09 2008 at 1:22am
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Hmmm.... That looks like a cowrie to me.
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Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: November 09 2008 at 9:07am
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Looks like a cowrie to me too.
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Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: November 09 2008 at 9:08am
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Great pictures too!
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Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: November 09 2008 at 11:33am
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Cowrie eat sponge and stuff that has grown on the LR in an older mature tank.
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Posted By: vbg
Date Posted: November 09 2008 at 1:22pm
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Thanks for the compliment Mike. And are cowries bad or good? I have some very cool fluorescent green sponges that I would like to keep.
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Posted By: ReefBones
Date Posted: November 09 2008 at 1:39pm
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It looks like a Atlantic Deer Cowrie ... if you have sponges you want to keep they are bad ... lol .. other wise they are good and very cool looking ..
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Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: November 09 2008 at 1:56pm
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Some cowries are bad in that they eat some coral. Others eat sponge and it is still unknown what some others eat. They will nock corals over and should probably only be in large systems. If there is sponge you want to keep then you should probably get rid of him. I don't think it is a deer cowry because of the black flesh. I though deer cowries had light color flesh. Mike ------------- |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: November 10 2008 at 10:16am
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You can remove it whenever it becomes a problem. Until then, enjoy. Late one night a slug was moving along minding his own business heading home from work when two juvenile delinquent snails came running up and assaulted him. The police happened by and stopped to help the poor soul who was obviously hurt and bewildered. "Who did this to you? they asked. Came the response, "I don't know. It all happened so fast!" ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
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Posted By: chk4tix
Date Posted: November 11 2008 at 6:37am
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if you do decide to get rid of the snail let me know ------------- Original Crappy Reef Club Member #2 |
Posted By: MrViper
Date Posted: November 21 2008 at 4:06pm
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I had a chestnut cowrie and he just ate what was on the glass and other algae, did not touch the sponges. But I guess theer was not enough algae for it to eat cause it died all of a sudden. ------------- Vipers look cool at a distant, but be careful of the bite..its a killer! Still to many cool stuff not enough money |