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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / April 2004My Crown Conch
Unlike the common Fighting Conch or Queen Conch, here's an interesting guy that I've had for 8 months. http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/0404/conch.html Enjoy the images. Marc -- Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com Nice Macro's Marc, strange lookin fella that Conch, are they poisonous? -- **So long, and thanks for all the fish!** > Unlike the common Fighting Conch or Queen Conch, here's an interesting guy that > I've had for 8 months. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com > Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com To me? Naw. It is actually quite reef safe from what I've observed. Marc > Nice Macro's Marc, strange lookin fella that Conch, are they poisonous? > -- > **So long, and thanks for all the fish!** -- Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com Go the slime.. Hey with a mostly bare coloured shell, you can go wild on him with some paint, give him a racing stripe, maybe put some advertising on him. > Unlike the common Fighting Conch or Queen Conch, here's an interesting guy that > I've had for 8 months. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com > Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com Okay, this is something that's been puzzling me. What is the difference between a refugium and the display tank? Except that the display is bigger and prettier, couldn't you just have a tank with all the macroalgae and cleaner critters to keep the system healthy? If not to keep the main tank looking nice, what IS the purpose of a refugium? Does anything go on in there that couldn't in the main tank? > Go the slime.. Hey with a mostly bare coloured shell, you can go wild on him > with some paint, give him a racing stripe, maybe put some advertising on [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com > > Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com Hi tech, The reason refugiums are set up is to create a *predator-free* zone in the system where pods can grow and propagate quickly, providing a constant food source for the display's animals. Growing macro algae in the main tank is feasible, but it can overgrow and shade various light-demanding corals. I prefer this method to the one you suggest because my tank is full of corals that I want to view and not constantly need to prune to keep under control. Marc > Okay, this is something that's been puzzling me. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > If not to keep the main tank looking nice, what IS the purpose of a > refugium? Does anything go on in there that couldn't in the main tank? -- Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com Thanks for the info. Obviously it's the predator free zone I didn't think about. I wasn't actually suggesting that one do this, I just wanted to understand. So if you didn't care about tons of macro algae and had no lighting concerns (i.e. the livestock in the tank would be okay), then you COULD have a display tank that was a refugium too (not that you SHOULD do that). Cheers > Hi tech, > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com > Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com Racing stripes, indeed! Marc ;) > Go the slime.. Hey with a mostly bare coloured shell, you can go wild on him > with some paint, give him a racing stripe, maybe put some advertising on > him. -- Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com I don't see why not. Have an ad "Sparkling Floor Service" on both side. It will actually cleaning or demostrating while advertising. 8) CapFusion,... > Racing stripes, indeed! > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com > Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com It does move about the sand like a buffer, occasionally when it isn't on periscope-duty! Marc > I don't see why not. Have an ad "Sparkling Floor Service" on both side. It > will actually cleaning or demostrating while advertising. 8) [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > > with some paint, give him a racing stripe, maybe put some advertising on > > > him. -- Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com |
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