Fighting Conch

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Florida Fighting Conch

Scientific Name 'Strombus alatus'

Max. Size: 7 inches

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Aggression: none

Hardiness: fairly hardy if enough food

Reef-Safe: yes

Available as captive-bred: yes

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Physical Description

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Distribution

Florida and Caribbean

Taxonomic Stuff you know you Care About

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  • Genus: Strombus
  • Species: alatus (Florida) pugilis (West Indian)

These two species are very similar, but alatus is commercially available from ORA

Behavior

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The fighting conch is often found moving around in the sand with its eyes and mouth above the sand. They seem to be constantly feeding during the daylight hours and do a very good job at keeping the sand stirred up in the tank. The fighting conch appears to leave all corals and other invertebrates alone and work around them when taking care of their turf.

Feeding

Algae and herbaceous detritus.

Breeding

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Social Structure

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Additional Notes

http://www.orafarm.com/conch.html

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