The cute little red & black baby conch that hitch hiked on my live rock is an oyster driller. He has devoured all the little rock clams & oysers I had in my reeftank. I am now keeping him in my 5 gallon with thumper my little green mantis shrimp. Any thoughts on what I should do with him? Anybody want him? Could he also be why all my snails & blue leg crabs disappeared?
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kmk2307
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Hi cuda6872,
Although there are exceptions to every rule most snails that are clam drillers are obligate molluscavores (only eat molluscs). I could imagine him harming snails (do the shells of the dead snails appear damaged?) but I would think he wouldn't eat crabs. Perhaps he "drilled" the snail shell only to find it was a crab inside after taking a few bites out of its soft tissue, fatally inguring it?
Hope this helps,
Kevin
Although there are exceptions to every rule most snails that are clam drillers are obligate molluscavores (only eat molluscs). I could imagine him harming snails (do the shells of the dead snails appear damaged?) but I would think he wouldn't eat crabs. Perhaps he "drilled" the snail shell only to find it was a crab inside after taking a few bites out of its soft tissue, fatally inguring it?
Hope this helps,
Kevin
