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Unread 02/26/2011, 05:18 PM   #1
cside
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flamingo tongue snails

anyone have one? what do they eat?


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Unread 02/26/2011, 05:23 PM   #2
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Don't have one. Think they eat only certain species of gongornians. Would be very hard to maintain in reef aquarium in my opinion.


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Unread 02/26/2011, 05:51 PM   #3
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thats what i thought. They seem very pretty but i do not want them to starve


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what he said is 100% correct. They live on and feed from gorgonians. The chances of keeping one in a home aquarium are about 0


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Unread 02/26/2011, 07:48 PM   #5
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yeah. the only reason i asked was because i saw this. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?p=8010161
Wanted to see if it had any validity.



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