Queen conch eating Bryopsis????? pics now.....

DJ88 · #1 05-23-2002, 12:42 AM

Yeah seriously,

If I hadn't seen it with my own eye's I wouldn't have believed it. It was pulling in individual strands and eating them. I swear. Anyone ever heard of this? Maybe this is part of why my bryopsis problem is fading away.

Just wanted to share that little tidbit of info.

[ 22 May 2002, 21:00: Message edited by: DJ88 ]

StirCrazy · #2 05-23-2002, 12:45 AM

hey cool, when did you get a Queen conch? any pics? Oh just for your own info if it gets to big for the tank they are very very tasty in a chowder [img]smile.gif[/img]

Steve

christyf5 · #3 05-23-2002, 12:48 AM

Hey does anybody know how fast these suckers grow?? All I've heard on RC is how its so bad for you to get one if you don't have a huge tank. Yup, conch chowder sounds pretty good to me.

Christy [img]smile.gif[/img]

CHEAPREEF · #4 05-23-2002, 01:15 AM

That's great news, i just got mine on thursday. Hope mine will munch on the bryopsis as well.

Clinton

One_Divided · #5 05-23-2002, 04:36 AM

cool.. good to see another critter chowing on it..

Hey is that acro from the same mother colony as the one I posted in the pics section the other day? looks similar

Samw · #6 05-23-2002, 04:57 AM

Neat. I've been thinking about getting 1 or 2 just for diversity since I don't have a Bryopsis problem anymore. :D

Will they knock things around?

Jack Rainville · #7 05-23-2002, 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by CHEAPREEF:
That's great news, i just got mine on thursday. Hope mine will munch on the bryopsis as well.

Clinton

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Clinton,
Where did you get a conch in Edmonton? Did you order over the internet?

DJ88 · #8 05-23-2002, 01:11 PM

Adam,

I don't think so. I have some of that same one you have. Nice acro that is for sure. [img]smile.gif[/img] . This thing is a wierd one. Has exploded with growth in the last couple of months. Doubled in size.

Sam,

I'd get one. The queen's grow BIG. I haven't seen mine knock anything over but it is still smaller than everything in the tank. :D

CHEAPREEF · #9 05-23-2002, 01:34 PM

I got mine from JL, it's about the size of a quarter. The guy at JL said it will grow very fast, so hopfully a 75 will be big enough.

Clinton

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Samw · #10 05-23-2002, 01:36 PM

Sounds like they'll turn monster size. I think I'm going to pass.