They are MONSTERS

[meowzer]

Originally Posted by woody189
http:///forum/post/3061841
That was uncalled for...your cats are dirty
It's funny, damn near everyday my mom tells me how she's waiting for my fish and shrimp to get bigger so she could eat them. That's when I threaten her.
HEYYY...No picking on the kitty's...LOL...I use to love the Jersey Shore.....BUT it's a fact that the water is not as clean...nothing personal

 

[renogaw]

erm....
i've gotten 4 fighting conches from swf.com and they were never larger than a quarter size...
you sure they sent you the right ones?
plus, they don't have the knobbies...

 

[renogaw]

from ORA's site:
S. alatus only grow to about 3 inch size, so they will not "out-grow" the tank. ORA™ sells Fighting Conch at 1-1 1/2 inches. At this size they are "hermit crab proof", so small hermits cannot eat them and steal their shells.

 

[meowzer]

Originally Posted by renogaw
http:///forum/post/3061856
erm....
i've gotten 4 fighting conches from swf.com and they were never larger than a quarter size...
you sure they sent you the right ones?
Do they have others???? I order 4 fighting conch's...you see what I got.
Now the little bear conch's are 1"...to 1 1/2"
JUST looked it up again....they are listed as 3-4"

 

[meowzer]

and they are listed as WILD....maybe that makes a difference

 

[renogaw]

Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3061861
and they are listed as WILD....maybe that makes a difference
i've looked at a couple different websites, and i guess the knobbies come once they are large like yours. mine look like the juvies here, where yours look like the adults:
http://www.seashells.org/seashells/fightingconch.htm

 

[jordan3548]

Well here off the skyway bridge I just snorkel around the rocks they extend about 20-30 ft off the shore youll find all kinds of stuff snails,crabs,starfish, lots and lots of sea lettuce you can also find ricordeas and gorgonians you just have to get in and snorkel.

 

[meowzer]

Originally Posted by renogaw
http:///forum/post/3061864
i've looked at a couple different websites, and i guess the knobbies come once they are large like yours. mine look like the juvies here, where yours look like the adults:
http://www.seashells.org/seashells/fightingconch.htm
Good...so that means maybe they are almost done growing...lol...

 

[woody189]

Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3061854
HEYYY...No picking on the kitty's...LOL...I use to love the Jersey Shore.....BUT it's a fact that the water is not as clean...nothing personal

iknow i know.You're right...The beaches here are nasty. THey are better than they used to be though.

 

[meowzer]

Originally Posted by woody189
http:///forum/post/3061898
iknow i know.You're right...The beaches here are nasty. THey are better than they used to be though.
Well I have not been there in almost 20 years..lol....so I'll have to take your word for it
Kinda like the Hudson River...In Newburgh NY it is brown....as you go away from there it clears up%%

 

[woody189]

Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3061900
Well I have not been there in almost 20 years..lol....so I'll have to take your word for it
Kinda like the Hudson River...In Newburgh NY it is brown....as you go away from there it clears up

I live 5 mins from the hudson river (just up the cliff) and its gross. It's green, and dingy, and brown, and nasty. A little while ago I was standing on the pier and threw a piece of food in the water. A fish came up to the surface, and by the time it was less than a foot into the water, it disappeared into the muck. It's a wonder how anything could live in there.