Baby Conch??

[mickilow]

Hi all, I recently found this tiny guy on my glass. Am I right in thinking this is a baby conch? It's quite surprising considering I only got my first tiger conch a couple of weeks ago and I didn't know they could reproduce in a reef tank.

 

[Sophie"s mom]

O honestly have no idea. But maybe @ISpeakForTheSeas can come in with a possible answer.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

O honestly have no idea. But maybe @ISpeakForTheSeas can come in with a possible answer.

Sorry for the delayed response! I can't find any images of juvenile tiger conchs at this age to compare with, but the odds of them reproducing so quickly in a tank with the eggs going unnoticed and having larvae make it through their 2 to 2.5 week pelagic larval period without specialized care are extremely low (not technically zero though).

This is most likely a different kind of snail, but I can't say what kind from the video.

 

[dansyr]

Looks like the babies of the columbellid / dove snails to me?

 

[mickilow]

I think you guys are right that it is a different species. But it definitely looks very conch like, maybe something like strombus maculatus.