davidcanupp
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I know, I know, conch snails are supposed to be scavengers or algae eaters. But I bought a 6 inch "milk conch" a couple of weeks ago, and he does not appear to eat algae or scavenge. He moved around for the first couple of days (knocking corals over as he went) and finally settled on the side of the glass near the protein skimmer intake about 4 inches from the top of the tank. He has been there for about a week, maybe a few days more than a week. I know that he is alive because he is stuck to the glass and because I can see a part of him (looks like a nasal passage) that extends out from his pointed front. He looks like an overgrown Queen Conch? Could this snail be a filter feeder of some sort? I have looked for a snail like him in several books and not found the exact type, but several were close. All of these types were listed as algae eaters and scavengers, but not mine. Any idea what he could be doing, or what (and how) I could feed him??????
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