Queen Conch

Larry · 12-15-2001, 01:25 AM

Anyone have any experience with a Queen Conch in a reef? Pros/Cons. I assume they will eventualy grow large enough where you would have to get rid of them unless you had one monster tank.

Larry

Spanky · 12-15-2001, 06:44 AM

Larry,

Queens get the largest and are the most rambunctious. Easiest to keep when they are less than 2" overall, larger than that and they're nutritional needs really speed up - making them harder to keep fed. They can grow very large, very fast.

My suggestion, look around for "fighting conch" from ORA instead.

HTH
Jerel

Brooke · 12-15-2001, 08:42 AM

We have 3 Larry..and the largest is approaching 3 inches. These guys end up in the strangest spots...on top of rocks, on top of the magnet, etc. They are wild and crazy conchs. They do a good job scouring the sandbed and a good job bulldozing our clam. We'll probably cut back to just 1 conch after our tank breaks in some more.

HTH-
Brooke

Larry · 12-16-2001, 03:18 AM

Thanks for the insights. I blindly dove in and have one. lfs said they were ok in a reef, but gave the size warning.

Mine is about 1 1/4" long now and covers the sand bed and the rock. Haven't seen it on the glass yet, but it seems to do a bang up job on the algae. It's lost somwhere in the live rock at this moment.

Larry