Twins!

[bang guy]

A 2" Queen Conch crawls up next to mama:

 

[j21kickster]

my lord- is that yours- if so how do you keep it fed??
Too cool

 

[thomas712]

The mother ship looks great! so does the little dingy
Thomas

 

[krunk]

bang, how long is the big one? wow!

 

[ryebread]

Insanity is the only word that comes to mind.
I believe the "mama" aka "mothership" is about 8" if I remember correctly........large + huge = LUGE!!!

 

[bang guy]

Originally posted by j21kickster
my lord- is that yours- if so how do you keep it fed??
Too cool
She actually lives in the refugium downstairs so she and her mate have a 64 square foot sandbed to keep clean. Rye is correct, she's a 2 year old 8" Strombus gigas. I believe she is about half grown but she has not slowed down yet.

 

[ryebread]

Is it normal for Gigas to get that size? Are thier life spans normally limited due to food limitations?

 

[dinhouse]

DAng don't they eat those things in florida???

 

[bang guy]

Originally posted by RyeBread
Is it normal for Gigas to get that size? Are thier life spans normally limited due to food limitations?
Gigas normally get to 12 - 14" in the wild and live for 20 - 25 years. In the hobby they tend to starve to death after attaining 5".
a 12" Queen should weigh about as much as a bowling ball.

 

[wrassecal]

Guy, I appreciate you and the things you've helped me with and sent me, and of course I'd like to hit you up again now spring is here , but honestly I don't know how your wife can sleep at night upstairs from that monster of a refugium/lagoon you've got going in the basement