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HowardW
07/28/2006, 01:29 PM
Got a few new pieces of rock from TBS last week and I thought this guy was just a piece of one of the rocks at first until he started to move. I'm not exactly sure what he is......a conch maybe?? He's got a really cool spiked shell.




http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/hhh007/P7280064.jpg
HowardW
07/28/2006, 02:56 PM
Hey Richard,

I think it may be a Chicoreus dilectus, is he gonna be reef safe? I've read they can feed on bi-valves and some corals.
Bebo77
07/28/2006, 03:04 PM
yeah it not reef safe.. its a nudi... take him out...
liverock
07/28/2006, 03:42 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7833259#post7833259 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by HowardW
Hey Richard,

I think it may be a Chicoreus dilectus, is he gonna be reef safe? I've read they can feed on bi-valves and some corals.

He eats snails....other than that is Ok critter!

TBS
HowardW
07/28/2006, 03:55 PM
<<< He eats snails....other than that is Ok critter! >>>




Thanks Richard....too bad he's not a stone crab eater :lmao:
liverock
07/28/2006, 04:47 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7833720#post7833720 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by HowardW
<<< He eats snails....other than that is Ok critter! >>>




Thanks Richard....too bad he's not a stone crab eater :lmao:
liverock
07/28/2006, 04:49 PM
Hmm post did not show up...anyway

he is a conch, stays small the one you have is pretty much full grown...the larger conchs here, like horse conch eat BIG stone crabs all the time, they corner them in a hole and eat them!

TBS
Caryliss
07/29/2006, 09:27 AM
Yes Howard, it is a Chicoreus dilectus, commonly referred to as a lace murex. Beautiful critter, and worth buying a steady diet of snails to feed. Let me know if you ever want to get rid of him!
flameangel88
07/31/2006, 01:17 PM
Looks like I've to get a Horse Conch to get the last Stone Crab out as I don't want to tear the tank down anymore. Jot 2 out and this small one is elusive and I want to get it out before I put Seahorses and Pipefish in.

But will the Horse Conch go after the Seahorses?


<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7834160#post7834160 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by liverock
Hmm post did not show up...anyway

he is a conch, stays small the one you have is pretty much full grown...the larger conchs here, like horse conch eat BIG stone crabs all the time, they corner them in a hole and eat them!

TBS