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Very cool to have personally collected them, and have them thrive! They are a really pretty one. Appears that specie is included with Monetaria as well. Perhaps that contributes to their being reef safe.

Can the three separate frags be the same species?

Thanks for the reply. Glad to hear the moneys are reef safe long term. I’ve collected cowrie shells for quite some time, but find the live ones much more enjoyable. I‘ve seen tigers for sale on occasion. Been thinking about setting up an old 55gal for them, and other cool non-safe inverts.

I have a couple cowries, Monetaria annulus, and Monetaria moneta, in my 29gal. Has anyone kept these long term? Anyone tried other species of cowrie on a reef? I know a lot of cowries, like Cyprea tigris, are not reef safe.

Greetings All, Been in and out of marine aquaria, (mostly out), since my Discosoma, Xenia, Hawaiian Dragon Moray tank in the late 80s. I’d occasionally lurk around Reef2Reef for several years. Fast forward to today, I’ve been given a 29gal Biocube, and become a Supporting Member. Guess I’m back...