Killer Cowie

[Travy]

Bought a cowie home abt one month back. Seen it happily grazing on the diatoms in my tank, A couple of weeks back found that it started grazing on my sponges.

Hope that fellow aquarists who have cowies can share their own experiences, as i suspect that that was the culprit that wiped out my whole colony on Giant green mushies

[blueheaven]

These guys can kill fishes too if i'm not wrong

[ozy]

These guys can kill fishes too if i'm not wrong

Did not know that they do that too. Have been keeping mine for 4 months already, the only crime the guy is guilty of is knocking over my corals, and heater.

It hardly touch my corals, in fact, I am not sure what it is eating because I was hoping it can help with my algae problem. But cowry happy moving around, algae happily blooming in my tank.

[Volitan]

At first I thought cowries are carnivores. Later came to find out from Reef Central that some could be herbi too. My cowrie is a 3-incher, and has been in my sump for more than a month already. Dared not place it in the main tank for fear that it would topple my LRs. I also wonder what it feeds on as my tank is as bare as the desert.

[Travy]

I read somewhere that differnt types have different diets.

The more common tiger cowie eats algae and the All white Egg cowie actually eats soft leather corals!!!!

But mine looks funny leh... its a cowie, but the pattern on its shell is similar to that of a cone shell. Triangular markings and all... But dont worry i know hoe to differentiate.

Catch it Grazing on sponges in my tank. Thought its juz haveing a small bite but end up clearing up the whole patch of the yellow encrusting sponge!

Even teh resulting poo it produce is spongey...

[mUAr_cHEe]

At first I thought cowries are carnivores. Later came to find out from Reef Central that some could be herbi too. My cowrie is a 3-incher, and has been in my sump for more than a month already. Dared not place it in the main tank for fear that it would topple my LRs. I also wonder what it feeds on as my tank is as bare as the desert.

STILL ALIVE???

**both you and the cowrie... heehee....