Conch Train

[Unknownpharoah1]

So, these three characters were added to my tank last week. Super fun to watch throughout the day. Busy workers for sure. This morning as I'm sitting at my desk I looked over and they had formed a train with the tail end participant sneaking a piggyback ride! Is this normal for the Conch to cluster up in a group like this?

 

[Dburr1014]

I don't think so, but funny!

 

[Kapachuka3]

Dude heck yeah. Mine have done the same thing. The right one is my fighting conch named Bruce and the left one is a tiger conch named Harold Blandy.

 

[Karen00]

So, these three characters were added to my tank last week. Super fun to watch throughout the day. Busy workers for sure. This morning as I'm sitting at my desk I looked over and they had formed a train with the tail end participant sneaking a piggyback ride! Is this normal for the Conch to cluster up in a group like this?

Those two look like they're getting snuggly.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Follow the leader

 

[Kapachuka3]

Those two look like they're getting snuggly.

Yeah they like each other im pretty sure. Im thinking about getting a third

 

[Karen00]

Yeah they like each other im pretty sure. Im thinking about getting a third

I would love to have one or two of these guys but my tank is too small (5g) unless there are dwarf types or they grow really slow.

 

[JoeinLA]

We have a conch and it’s great to watch. We had two, but once they ate all the algae/dino’s, I was afraid one or both weren’t getting enough food.

any thoughts on keeping these guys fed? Ours went into “Hibernation” for a couple of weeks and I was afraid it was starving. As luck would have it, dosing cheatogro also gave me a nice algae bloom. I’m not sure if they’re related, but that’s about when he started coming back to life. now that most of that algae is gone/eaten, I’m getting paranoid about keeping him fat and happy.

anyways, w0uld love to hear any thoughts/opinions on this - the conch was the first “thing” In our tank that my wife really got excited about. As she put it, he was doing serious work on our algae/Dino’s.

 

[Kapachuka3]

We have a conch and it’s great to watch. We had two, but once they ate all the algae/dino’s, I was afraid one or both weren’t getting enough food.

any thoughts on keeping these guys fed? Ours went into “Hibernation” for a couple of weeks and I was afraid it was starving. As luck would have it, dosing cheatogro also gave me a nice algae bloom. I’m not sure if they’re related, but that’s about when he started coming back to life. now that most of that algae is gone/eaten, I’m getting paranoid about keeping him fat and happy.

anyways, w0uld love to hear any thoughts/opinions on this - the conch was the first “thing” In our tank that my wife really got excited about. As she put it, he was doing serious work on our algae/Dino’s.

Hibernating is completly normal. I have a fighting conch that has literally hidden for 3-4 months at a time. I think they eventually get full every once and a while so thats why. I feed pretty heavy with my fish cause everything in my tank eats the pellets. If your sand is pretty dirty and you feed heavy hell be fine. But i have also rubber banded nori to my thermometer for my conchs recently and my tiger seemed to enjoy it.

 

[J1a]

They are nocturnal animals. You will more likely see them out and about when the light goes off. If your sand bed is deep enough, they will completely bury themselves during day time.

Clumpsy as they look, they can actually climb up vertical glass with ease. I assume the reason they do this, just like other snails, is to spawn.

 

[Kapachuka3]

They are nocturnal animals. You will more likely see them out and about when the light goes off. If your sand bed is deep enough, they will completely bury themselves during day time.

Clumpsy as they look, they can actually climb up vertical glass with ease. I assume the reason they do this, just like other snails, is to spawn.

Idk about the nocturnal thing, maybe in the wild cause i see mine out all day

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Idk about the nocturnal thing, maybe in the wild cause i see mine out all day

My understanding is that most sea snails (conches included) don’t really sleep based on the day/night cycle (though they are still considered nocturnal) - they sleep about 7 times in 13-15 hours, then go for about 30 hours with no sleep. My understanding is that it’s generally just safer for them to go around at night or their prey is more active at night, so they usually prefer roaming at night. If I’m not mistaken, even if they’re not actually sleeping during the day, they’re relatively likely to just stay put until the lights go off for those reasons.

 

[Kapachuka3]

My understanding is that most sea snails (conches included) don’t really sleep based on the day/night cycle (though they are still considered nocturnal) - they sleep about 7 times in 13-15 hours, then go for about 30 hours with no sleep. My understanding is that it’s generally just safer for them to go around at night or their prey is more active at night, so they usually prefer roaming at night. If I’m not mistaken, even if they’re not actually sleeping during the day, they’re relatively likely to just stay put until the lights go off for those reasons.

Gotcha, that makes sense since i usually wake up to them buried and asleep.

 

[Tamberav]

Do yours climb the glass? Mine can climb right up it! Bulky shell and all!

 

[Kapachuka3]

Do yours climb the glass? Mine can climb right up it! Bulky shell and all!

Not alot but ive seen him get decently high. They usually do that if they cant find food ive heard.

 

[Tamberav]

Not alot but ive seen him get decently high. They usually do that if they cant find food ive heard.

I think it happens when I don't clean the glass. It's a buffet!