Often, we associate Shellfish with fritters and snails with awesome salads to order at the best restaurant by the beach or buy a large shellfish as a souvenir from a vacation to Florida to listen to the beach or take one step. also connecting and associating the two with the Concha Republic in Key West. What many people don’t know is that Concha provides an excellent opportunity to add a large invertebrate to your reef tank cleaning crew that will constantly provide your substrate with effective aeration while also cleaning the substrate.
There are different species of Concba in the wild, although only 2-3 are available with any consistency. The sheer size of many of these giants should deter marine enthusiasts from buying one of these for a tank, leaving them to be viewed and enjoyed in their natural environment. The conch is part of the strombid family which includes vase, harp and spider shells (snails). Most of these are very predatory in nature and therefore their carnivorous nature should also determine the decisions to buy most of these strombids for your aquarium.
The best species of conch for a captive environment are the queen (gigas), crown (Melongena corona) and fighting conch, with the crown conch being the smallest. One of the largest and sometimes available in the hobby is the Horse Conch (Pleuroploca gigantea) and the Mangrove Conch, which are often confused with the other more dignified and milder conch species listed above. Adding one of these predatory carnivores to your tank would be a detriment, as it would bring harm to other snails, sea urchins, sea; the benefits of hermits and other forms!
Available and healthy snail shells provide us with a unique type of cleaning of the benthic area of our marine biotope. They are also great aerators in that the constant feeding and raising of the substrate constantly replenishes, the most useful dissolved oxygen reduced to the substrate, where many benthic, cryptic and microscopic worms, bacteria, etc., rely on it for their success.
It is best to offer the shell a large tank (50 gallons) or larger, so that it has a good chance of reducing hunger. They feed on algae, meat and detritus, so these spoonbills are very suitable for foraging. It is also useful to have sand in the dep sand, which is removed from the sand grains, to allow them to tunnel to the food. while minimizing the chances of them injuring themselves or having a hard time traversing the areas of your tank for benthic food. Conch snails will not do well in a tank housing large amounts of live rock that prevents the conch from getting the appropriate sandy areas required for its survival.
As with any snail species, and invertebrates for that matter, it is best to maintain a constant salinity, alkalinity and pH level. Apart from this, everything else is almost common sense since they represent a fairly easy and compatible bottom housing screw. This long-lived and tough animal offers you many and great benefits besides one of these in a reef aquarium to say the least. .
Yes, fritters and scum do great, but they can be an essential focal point in your efforts to diversify the benthic population in your marine tank! I would definitely give them a chance to win your heart and approve them as a support in your aquarium.
