cowries?

Which do you mean special?
Cypraea moneta and annulus no problem. The large Cypraea´s could be eat your Corals, when not enough algae in your tank.
 
argus,tiger and humpback also would these get along with epualet or bamboo shark,blacktip grouper,chain moray,jewel moray,and tangs or wrasses i dont think they would but i dont know?
 
They should coexist with everything you mention except possibly large wrasses. Damsels will harrass them also, so I don't recommend keeping damsels with any medium to large cowries.

Cheers,



Don
 
Right, with the exception of Tiger Cowries, which are often exposed but can be real bulldozers. Any cowry that already has fully-formed "teeth" isn't going to grow any larger, other than thickening of the shell or growing calluses at the sides.

Cheers,



Don
 
tiger cowries make great pets! They are compleatly reefsafe and herbivorous. They live a long time(10 years). They grow up to 4 inches, and need a very large tank of 100 gallons. How big is your tank?
 
tunicateperson said:
tiger cowries make great pets! They are compleatly reefsafe and herbivorous. They live a long time(10 years). They grow up to 4 inches, and need a very large tank of 100 gallons. How big is your tank?
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Where are you getting your information? They are not reef safe, they will eat with soft corals, anemones, and sponges with great enthusiasm.
 
olemiss reb said:
Where are you getting your information? They are not reef safe, they will eat with soft corals, anemones, and sponges with great enthusiasm.
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heard they will not eat corals if large amount of seaweed and alage is in tank also wat about the humpback cowry?also wat is the largest cowry species just wondering?
 
I've read a lot on them, Reb, (essentially all the popular and scientific literature relating to them) and I've kept several dozen species, including C. tigris. Everything you read in any literature other than reef forums says tigers are grazers that mainly eat algae, but their diet may also include sponges and microorganisms that get collected during the grazing. They don't normally eat soft corals, they don't eat large patches of sponge, and I've never heard of them eating anemones. They occasionally get reported here as mowing down patches of zoanthids, which I assume is a response to starvation, since I've seen many of them in the ocean and I've never found them feeding on, or associated with, zoanthids.

Captive situations certainly could produce different results, of course, since it's doubtful that any small aquarium would have an adequate amount of the preferred food.

Cheers,




Don
 
I think I am getting my information from MARINE INVERTEBRATES by Ronald Shimek. the book says they are reefsafe!!! (but I may be wrong because I am only a begginer)
 
pagojoe said:
I've read a lot on them, Reb, (essentially all the popular and scientific literature relating to them) and I've kept several dozen species, including C. tigris. Everything you read in any literature other than reef forums says tigers are grazers that mainly eat algae, but their diet may also include sponges and microorganisms that get collected during the grazing. They don't normally eat soft corals, they don't eat large patches of sponge, and I've never heard of them eating anemones. They occasionally get reported here as mowing down patches of zoanthids, which I assume is a response to starvation, since I've seen many of them in the ocean and I've never found them feeding on, or associated with, zoanthids.

Captive situations certainly could produce different results, of course, since it's doubtful that any small aquarium would have an adequate amount of the preferred food.


Cheers,

wat do humback cowries eat and wat is the biggest cowrie?


Don
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Humpback cowries normally live on black lava rocks in the intertidal, coming out of the water at night at low tide to feed on the algae that grows on those rocks, along with whatever microorganisms they might scrape off the rocks. Hawaiian tiger cowries (subsp. schilderiana) can reach about 6 inches in length, although that would be a monster. Cypraea (Macrocypraea) cervus is the largest one, growing well over 6 inches at the edges of the species range. Some of the largest come from the wrecks offshore Panama City, Florida, at scuba depth.

Cheers,



Don
 
Yes, although humpbacks may not thrive in an aquarium due to the vast difference from it's natural habitat. Humpbacks live in super-aerated water. I don't know how much they cost, but you could probably get the LFS to order you one. I wouldn't expect they'd be terribly expensive, maybe 20 or 25 bucks?
 
As a side note, I have kept a few rough-water snails in the past, and they tended to try to find the roughest water in the aquarium and stay there. That usually meant with their faces right in the powerhead.
 
my tank is going to have an overflowbox iin the back center of tank with water flowing out at the top but im putting two very powerful powerheads on the left and right side of tank how should position them for the humpback cowries there will be liverock and lavarock piles on left and right side of tank in the back
 
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