cowries?

[pagojoe]

Ideally you'd want part of the lava rocks extending almost to the surface, and one powerhead directed toward the rock pile, I'd think.

 

[cudamaster13]

are large cowries able to climb on the glass like smaller ones?

 

[pagojoe]

Yes, but they won't climb as often, or as high, typically. I never tried to keep C. mauritiana even though I found lots of them, so I'm not sure how they would behave in an aquarium.

 

[cudamaster13]

are there any pests or threats i should look for in the tank that ill have to remove for them ?

 

[pagojoe]

Coral banded shrimp will aggravate them to death by picking off the papillae or pieces of the mantle bit by bit. Some cleaners may do the same. I can't think of anything else that would be problematic unless you have a musselcracker fish over about 50 pounds or a large ray in your tank

 

[cudamaster13]

Coral banded shrimp will aggravate them to death by picking off the papillae or pieces of the mantle bit by bit. Some cleaners may do the same. I can't think of anything else that would be problematic unless you have a musselcracker fish over about 50 pounds or a large ray in your tank

are flatworms or mantis shrimp a problem?

 

[pagojoe]

Not for a tiger or humpback. Even a large mantis couldn't break the egg-shaped shell, and a large polyclad would have to completely envelop the shell long enough to paralyze the animal, and I've never seen one that was large enough to surround an adult tiger cowry.

 

[cudamaster13]

wat would be the best alages and seaweeds to put in tank to feed tiger and humpback cowries?

 

[cudamaster13]

wat would be the best alages and seaweeds to put in tank to feed tiger and humpback cowries?

????

 

[pagojoe]

I'm not an algae expert by any means. Try some different ones and see what they eat.

 

[donya]

I can't speak for humpback cowries, but Cypraea tigris isn't a picky eater. I been feeding my tiger cowrie a variety of dried seaweeds and the ocasional algae wafer (which is really for another animal, but sometimes the cowrie gets there first). They'll also snack on live macro like Chaetomorpha and Caulerpa, but I've never seen mine turn down the foods in favor of just eating macro. So, grab some nori from the grocery store and maybe another type of seaweed from the LFS if the grocery store's selection wasn't great.