Conch Snails and Band-Aids

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What does one have to do with the other you're asking...uuuh, nothin'.
I posted a question yesterday on the reef board regarding Lionfish and the chance of survival for snails. Well 39 people viewed but only one response. Thanks Mak ! Surely this is an indication you people are to busy in Western Canada to assist a fellow enthusiast...
Seriously though, I've never seen a Conch Snail and it sounds like "all the kids" got one for Christmas. Might this species be an option in a "predator tank" ? In "snail-terms". are they fast/active ? Large antannae,foot etc...? Undesirable qualities for a "critter" hoping to elude the fish on the prowl...
What does the Band-Aid have to do with this ? Well, yesterday I decided it was time to "prune" the beautiful growth of hair algae in my 90g. Sorry, I guess I should have asked if anyone wanted some . I was pulling rocks to scrub and as I felt one slip I quickly re-gripped because the condition of that new front glass is much more important than my fingers. I felt a sensation similar to a rusty old thumb-tack being inserted into my body :shock: A small hole but I bled like a pig...many choice words that aren't listed in your average dictionary changed the cats' curiosity to panic...Now I have done a lot of damage to my hands over the years being a mechanic and my pain tolerance has grown with my "clumsyness" but todays pain is similar to the fan blade episode I prefer not to mention. ops: Infected I'm sure. Any home remedies you know of would be great because now I'm typing with only one finger and that creates a lot of fatigue...