Conch & Feather Duster

ZenGuitarGuy · 01/28/2018, 06:31 PM

Will a strawberry fighting conch eat a feather duster? Has anyone observed this? I haven’t read anything like that but I want to be sure.

I ask because I just got a feather duster today, and the conch has been sitting on its base for some time now, like 20 minutes.

Thanks!

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Pandagobyguy · 01/28/2018, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ZenGuitarGuy

Will a strawberry fighting conch eat a feather duster? Has anyone observed this? I haven’t read anything like that but I want to be sure.

I ask because I just got a feather duster today, and the conch has been sitting on its base for some time now, like 20 minutes.

Thanks!

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I dont have large feathers but my conch doesnt mess with the little ones

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ZenGuitarGuy · 01/29/2018, 06:41 AM

The conch was just sitting on it, and then moved on. Then it went back again and did the same thing. When I looked at the feather duster this morning, there doesn't seem to be any damage. Maybe the conch was just checking it out?

ReefNomad · 01/29/2018, 07:52 PM

I have conchs as well, and they do that to anything new that is close enough to the sandbed for them to reach.
Clams, dusters, corals, live rock... my best guess is they're grazing off any algae that came in on the new items. They're very methodical about checking every surface and can spend hours in one spot, just barely moving their proboscis to graze.

Jekerry · 01/30/2018, 10:29 AM

My conch crawls over everything he can. He seems particularly entranced by my brain coral. The coral is not as thrilled.

01/28/2018, 06:31 PM	#1
ZenGuitarGuy Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: London, ON, Canada Posts: 145	Conch & Feather Duster Will a strawberry fighting conch eat a feather duster? Has anyone observed this? I haven’t read anything like that but I want to be sure. I ask because I just got a feather duster today, and the conch has been sitting on its base for some time now, like 20 minutes. Thanks! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

01/29/2018, 06:41 AM	#3
ZenGuitarGuy Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: London, ON, Canada Posts: 145	The conch was just sitting on it, and then moved on. Then it went back again and did the same thing. When I looked at the feather duster this morning, there doesn't seem to be any damage. Maybe the conch was just checking it out?

01/29/2018, 07:52 PM	#4
ReefNomad Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 130	I have conchs as well, and they do that to anything new that is close enough to the sandbed for them to reach. Clams, dusters, corals, live rock... my best guess is they're grazing off any algae that came in on the new items. They're very methodical about checking every surface and can spend hours in one spot, just barely moving their proboscis to graze.

01/30/2018, 10:29 AM	#5
Jekerry Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Rochester NY Posts: 205	My conch crawls over everything he can. He seems particularly entranced by my brain coral. The coral is not as thrilled.