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FlooringGuy 
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Posted: April 07 2011 at 12:43pm |
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Do melanarus usually eat fighting conchs?
He leaves alone all of my shrimp, crabs, and snails. But cant help but eat fighting conchs?
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Posted: April 07 2011 at 12:45pm |
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Mine doesnt touch my conch
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Posted: April 07 2011 at 12:55pm |
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They are known to eat snails and hermits. I'm sure the conch just probably looks like a better meal haha
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Posted: April 07 2011 at 1:01pm |
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Mine doesn't touch any of mine inverts. Keep them well feed and they should be fine.
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None at the moment
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Posted: April 07 2011 at 1:37pm |
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was the conch dead (before)? has anyone else had problems with them eatting snail/crabs?
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Posted: April 07 2011 at 4:50pm |
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no. Conch was added after and was very much alive. He would ram it to knock it over then he would try to have a nice meal.
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Posted: April 07 2011 at 5:00pm |
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I have never had a problem with mine going after any of my inverts either.
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Posted: April 07 2011 at 5:28pm |
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Wrasse too hungry?
Tank size?
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Posted: April 07 2011 at 8:34pm |
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29 gallon.
He is fed twice a day frozen and eats like a pig. If anything he is overfed.
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Posted: April 10 2011 at 2:23pm |
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The statement "eats like a pig" would indicate otherwise.
Fed twice/day and yet is again famished at each feeding says to me that in between feedings it is trying to eat anything it can find.
If it's over 3" long, it might need a larger tank.
Wrasse are voracious eaters, constantly seeking more. They survive mainly on live bugs. My guess is that within a few days it devoured all the live bugs in the tank and has turned to other live foods.
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