Queen Conchs?

[davidcanupp]

So under the U-Build it section of this website, it says that the Queen Conchs eat algae as juveniles, but doesn't mention what they eat when they grow up. I was thinking about ordering some, but I was worried about that. Can someone enlighten me? I do know that some conchs are carnivorous, are these?
Thanks a lot- David

 

[ebeckels]

Queen conch's get enormous...the fighting conchs stay smaller. I have 2 queens, they haven't grown since I've had them but they eat plenty.

 

[diatom]

Both are considered reef and DSB safe.
The fighting conchs are are much better for a smaller tank.

 

[q]

I have both in my tank and they are my favorite workers.

 

[big dave]

I just got mine today whoo hoo!! Seriously, they are supposed to be excellent stirrers/algae eaters and have been reported to eat cyanobacteria. But then again I have heard red leg hermits are supposed to and I have never seen or heard personally of them eating it. I plan on bringing mine back to the LFS I work at when it gets bigger.

 

[fishfreek]

How much are you paying for your conches at LFS? In WI they charge about $15 for a fighting conch! I see on line vendors that carry them for as little as $2.90! 15 bucks just seems like alot.

 

[fishfreek]

How much are you paying for your conches at LFS? In WI they charge about $15 for a fighting conch! <img src="graemlins//bah.gif" border="0" alt="[bah]" /> I see on line vendors that carry them for as little as $2.90! 15 bucks just seems like alot.

 

[hillbilly]

I have a Queen conch I bought online for about $2.50 if I remember right. It does a great job on algae and I have seen mine eating cyanobacteria occasionaly. It won't eat it all the time but does seem to enjoy a snack of it now and then.
Hillbilly

 

[mlm]

I have 4 fighting conchs that I bought from here for 3.99 a piece but they now raised the price to 4.99 a piece bu they are awsome workers for you sand bed. For cleaning rocks I like trouchus snails the best.

 

[davidcanupp]

Thanks for all the replies you all. I think that I will go with the fighting conchs (maybe 3 or 4) and several trochus snails to supplement the astreas and hermits that I already have. I gotta get something to help my poor mag float (If I keep working it so hard, It is going to go on strike)
-David

 

[fshhub]

how big is your tank?, you only want ONE fighting conch per 2 square foot of sand bed, no more are required or reccomended and if you need some things, i'd look here, if you can put together a 60$ package the shippping is free too, me and some friends are trying to coordinate an order ourselves

 

[jakob4001]

I don't really like the trochus snails; but if you look, seems most people only tend to get 1 or 2;we have noticed our trochus snails feasting mostly on the LR than the glass and have noticed the coraline being consumed by them;they also tend to get little large compared to turbo/astra snails and may disturb/dislodge pieces of LR or corals;then again, the ones we have gotten so far tend to have coraline all over them and sometimes feather dusters or other inverts

 

[fshhub]

ours spend an equal time between the glass and the rock, the one thing, they do work harder and can upright themselves, where the turbos can't