Conch nest?

karimwassef · 04/11/2015, 12:09 PM

Last night, my two conches where spending a lot of time next to each other... This was at 3am.

This morning, I found one of them making a sand mucus cocoon? Or nest?

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It's been at it all day

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What is this?

karimwassef · 04/11/2015, 09:25 PM

Really? No one has ever seen this behavior before?

amber3k · 04/13/2015, 12:11 AM

I had something just like that after adding two fighting conch to my tank. It appeared a couple days later. I thought it might have been a bacteria or something from them stirring up the sand. It tried removing it andit was like jello was holding the sand together or something sticky, squishy. I didn't touch it with my hand. Never figured out what it was.

karimwassef · 04/13/2015, 02:05 AM

Exactly. Any marine biologists on duty?

Sugar Magnolia · 04/13/2015, 05:18 AM

Don (Pagojoe) is our snail expert. He checks in periodically so hopefully he'll chime in.

wonrib00 · 04/28/2015, 02:16 AM

Yes, I had some conchs do that a few years ago, but I can't find any pics. My pics looked identical to yours. They would make those crescent shapes every month. Never saw anything from them as far as increased population.

karimwassef · 04/28/2015, 06:13 AM

Mine has just done it again. Full oval.

amber3k · 04/28/2015, 12:49 PM

http://www.iloveshelling.com/blog/20...es-of-sanibel/

Hope I linked that right...

karimwassef · 04/28/2015, 01:30 PM

Thanks! That's what I think it is too.

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My horseshoe crab went nuts looking around the area but didn't get to it.

amber3k · 04/28/2015, 02:05 PM

I was surprised none of my hermits seemed interested in it that's why I figured it was a bacteria bloom of some sort. Pretty sure it's an egg casing now though.

04/11/2015, 12:09 PM	#1
karimwassef Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 11,033	Conch nest? Last night, my two conches where spending a lot of time next to each other... This was at 3am. This morning, I found one of them making a sand mucus cocoon? Or nest? It's been at it all day What is this?

04/13/2015, 05:18 AM	#5
Sugar Magnolia Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern VA Posts: 17,691	Don (Pagojoe) is our snail expert. He checks in periodically so hopefully he'll chime in. __________________ Adrienne The only thing to fear is fear itself....and spiders.

04/28/2015, 12:49 PM	#8
amber3k Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Post Falls, Idaho Posts: 251	http://www.iloveshelling.com/blog/20...es-of-sanibel/ Hope I linked that right... Last edited by amber3k; 04/28/2015 at 12:50 PM. Reason: link

04/28/2015, 01:30 PM	#9
karimwassef Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 11,033	Thanks! That's what I think it is too. My horseshoe crab went nuts looking around the area but didn't get to it.

04/11/2015, 09:25 PM	#2
karimwassef Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 11,033	Really? No one has ever seen this behavior before?

04/13/2015, 12:11 AM	#3
amber3k Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Post Falls, Idaho Posts: 251	I had something just like that after adding two fighting conch to my tank. It appeared a couple days later. I thought it might have been a bacteria or something from them stirring up the sand. It tried removing it andit was like jello was holding the sand together or something sticky, squishy. I didn't touch it with my hand. Never figured out what it was.

04/13/2015, 02:05 AM	#4
karimwassef Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 11,033	Exactly. Any marine biologists on duty?

04/28/2015, 02:16 AM	#6
wonrib00 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Salinas CA Posts: 842	Yes, I had some conchs do that a few years ago, but I can't find any pics. My pics looked identical to yours. They would make those crescent shapes every month. Never saw anything from them as far as increased population.

04/28/2015, 06:13 AM	#7
karimwassef Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 11,033	Mine has just done it again. Full oval.

04/28/2015, 02:05 PM	#10
amber3k Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Post Falls, Idaho Posts: 251	I was surprised none of my hermits seemed interested in it that's why I figured it was a bacteria bloom of some sort. Pretty sure it's an egg casing now though.