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HermitCrabDude7
10/18/2006, 03:50 PM
ello all,

i went to my LFS to get a few astraea snails and found this one.
it was the same price as a turbo so i bought it. it would b great if some1 could tell me what it is and if its reef safe/ what it eats (eg. carni- herbi- detri- vore). thanks!

nick

http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/th.e5ff27ba9c.jpg (http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/image.php?e5ff27ba9c.jpg)
Grunt
10/19/2006, 02:00 AM
Your picture isn't working for me.
fanaglethebagle
10/19/2006, 09:44 AM
same here :\
musty baby
10/19/2006, 12:56 PM
his pic is here:

shell (http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/th.e5ff27ba9c.jpg)
musty baby
10/19/2006, 12:59 PM
huh. never mind. upload to photobucket
HermitCrabDude7
10/19/2006, 02:16 PM
sorry guys here go:

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q168/captainfordo/unknownsnailtop.jpg

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q168/captainfordo/unknownsnailtop.jpg
kmk2307
10/19/2006, 05:49 PM
I believe that is a predatory whelk. It will probably eat other snails. Try feeding it a small piece of seafood (meat) and see what happens.

Kevin
HermitCrabDude7
10/19/2006, 05:51 PM
ok ty i will try that. . . soon. . .

EDIT: this just in; a black antenna thingy is poking out of the point
of the shell - all the way to the bottom right of the pic ^^^
HermitCrabDude7
10/20/2006, 04:02 PM
bump

i could use some more opinions if u dont mind
Mike4284m
10/20/2006, 08:05 PM
Looks like a crown conch, Melongena corona .

I have one and I'm getting rid of it. It has eaten most of the other snails in the tank. I have a rather poor picture of it eating, somewhere around here . . .
Mike4284m
10/20/2006, 08:22 PM
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f127/Mike4284m/10-18-06.jpg
HermitCrabDude7
10/21/2006, 06:28 PM
thanks mike but unfortunately on closer examination i dont think thats it. my snails points dont curve as much at the tips and it doesnt have as many point on its shell. *sigh* i wish the lady at the fish store was more knowlegdable..........
RicksReefs
10/21/2006, 06:50 PM
mike's right. it's a florida crown 'conch'. highly predatory.
TriniReefer
10/22/2006, 09:45 AM
Yeah ricksreefs is right it is a florida crown conch.I had caught a few for my tank and herd 2 days later their bad so i took them out.If you start to see snails all of a sudden dying find it and take it out.My cousin was also telling me that they lay eggs pretty quick.
HermitCrabDude7
10/22/2006, 03:32 PM
ok thanks every1. the snail is not in my main tank yet so i wont have 2 worry about it eating anything.
kryppy
10/22/2006, 11:45 PM
Wow, good old florida crown conch. Common hitchiker here that is a PITA!!
I'm surprised they sell them considering their diet. :)