Can I get a conch for my anemone tank?

[lulu1228]

Im having a really bad hair algae bloom in my anemone tank and wanted to know if I could get a conch to help deal with it. I've had issues with my carpet anemone eating conchs in my other tank but this tank only has flower anemones. Would it be okay?

 

[homer1475]

RFA or rock flower anemone will not each your conch. I have many of both in my tank.

 

[EricR]

I really like my tiger conch but wouldn't say he was ever any help with hair algae,,, although I'd say the same about my pincushion urchin as well so who knows?

 

[CoralB]

Not sure a conch is the best to rid a hair algae issue . I’d look more toward nutrient management and possibly tuxedo urchins and Mexican turbo snails .

 

[lulu1228]

Would the conch be safe with flower anemones? And would a tuxedo urchin be okay? Don't those eat coraline?

 

[Tired]

Flower anemones won't kill mobile molluscs, or really any mobile thing that has a shell or exoskeleton and is larger than a copepod.

Tuxedo urchins may nibble a bit of coraline, but they won't decimate it. Probably a good thing, really, to help keep the tank's rock porous.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I have both conches and urchin in my anenome system with carpets. It has never been a problem for me.

I totally screwed myself here..

Went to to check the tank and carpet is eating my Halloween urchin...

 

[Rowboman]

I’ve got 2 conches in my little 30 gallon tank and they don’t seem to do anything to the hair algae. Best cuc I got for that was 2 emerald crabs

 

[lulu1228]

Flower anemones won't kill mobile molluscs, or really any mobile thing that has a shell or exoskeleton and is larger than a copepod.

Tuxedo urchins may nibble a bit of coraline, but they won't decimate it. Probably a good thing, really, to help keep the tank's rock porous.

Would a long spine sea urchin work? I have one in another tank that I could move

 

[lulu1228]

I have both conches and urchin in my anenome system with carpets. It has never been a problem for me.

I totally screwed myself here..

Went to to check the tank and carpet is eating my Halloween urchin...

Oh dang, I'm sorry to hear that. I've had my carpet eat 2 conches in the last week lol

 

[lulu1228]

I have both conches and urchin in my anenome system with carpets. It has never been a problem for me.

I totally screwed myself here..

Went to to check the tank and carpet is eating my Halloween urchin...

Oh dang, I'm sorry to hear that. I've had my carpet eat 2 conches in the last week lol

 

[Tired]

Longspine urchins should eat hair algae, yes.

Carpet anemones will eat just about anything living. Somehow I'm not surprised they'll eat snails/urchins/probably rocks.

 

[lulu1228]

Longspine urchins should eat hair algae, yes.

Carpet anemones will eat just about anything living. Somehow I'm not surprised they'll eat snails/urchins/probably rocks.

How big of a tank does the long spine urchin need? It's a 30g

 

[MinnieMouse2]

Crabs will kill your conch. They are not used for hair algae. They stay mostly on the floor of the tank and eat macro algae.

 

[Tamberav]

Would the conch be safe with flower anemones? And would a tuxedo urchin be okay? Don't those eat coraline?

almost anything is safe with a flower nem