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Old 11/09/2007, 08:07 AM
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Arabica cowrie

i got today Arabica cowrie (Cypraea arabica)


Does anyone know if it is reefsafe??
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Old 11/09/2007, 02:11 PM
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It's comparatively reef safe, although this species is fairly large and may taste of a greater variety of potential foods than most species. Bob Lipe kept one for many years, feeding it mainly lettuce and Donax clams on the half shell.

http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/...h-l&D=0&P=9772

In addition to that commentary, Bob says, "I had a Cypraea arabica from the Philippines that was an adult when it was purchased from a pet store. It lived in my aquarium for 21 years. I'm sure that in the wild it wouldn't have made it that long. I fed it raw seafood, algae, rabbit pellets, lettuce Coquinas, and pen shell, Atrina ridgida, etc. I gave up my aquarium after it died. Many mollusk passed through that aquarium in those 21 years."

Cheers,



Don
 


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