Shellie's

[mikem691]

Nice but you will most likely need to move the cory out of there. If he gets near their shells they will attack him. If you get a close up look at their mouth they have som fierce teeth.

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[Brookster123]

Don't they like a higher ph?

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[nshepler]

Yea the Corys will be moved to another tank tomorrow I'm not quite done with the scape yet.Yes they like a high ph and the rainbows are in a similar range.


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[Gillie]

The one will be ok for the time being, but since it will be established when you get the others you'll have to remove it to another container for a bit and reintroduce it with the others. I would personally put it in a bucket with an airstone and heater the night before I was expecting the other fish.

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[nshepler]

Okay thanks gillie


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[keegster803]

When you add the new fish, I recommend turning off the lights during the introduction, and moving around all the shells. So they can all have an equal chance for shells


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[nshepler]

Okay, thanks for the advice.


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[Freakgecko91]

To answer mike, I keep Tanganyikan goby cichlids with my multies in a 20 long. It was extremely tough to balance and took a while, since both are pretty conspecific aggressive as well as aggressive towards each other.

If you're looking to do a Tanganyikan show tank, I personally would add a lot of rock to one corner (I prefer holey rock) and then put the shells on the opposite side. This would give you room for rock dwellers such as julidochromis.


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[nshepler]

My idea was a section of the tank with shell dwellers and leave the rest open with some tall plants on the other end to give the rainbows plenty to hide in.


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[keegster803]

If your gonna do that, then I recommend putting a barrier between the 2 areas such as, a little wall of rocks or a long piece of driftwood. Or the multis will spread their shells out and start colonizing the tank


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[Freakgecko91]

If your gonna do that, then I recommend putting a barrier between the 2 areas such as, a little wall of rocks or a long piece of driftwood. Or the multis will spread their shells out and start colonizing the tank


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I own 2 different species of shellies and neither of them spread their shells out. They dig out underneath them, or bury others, but mine have never moved them. Some of the larger species may, like callipterus.

 

[nshepler]

If they did move there shells and colonize I would be okay with that. I like the feeling really of the shellies on the bottom and rainbows up top.


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[nshepler]

My biggest problem at the moment is getting the shellies. Specifically multis, I've looked on every online site and either they don't have them or they are way to expensive to ship.


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[Gillie]

I own 2 different species of shellies and neither of them spread their shells out. They dig out underneath them, or bury others, but mine have never moved them. Some of the larger species may, like callipterus.

One of my male ocellatus got sick of the other male picking on him, so he moved as many shells as he could to the other end of the tank while the dominant male was distracted by the females.

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[Freakgecko91]

One of my male ocellatus got sick of the other male picking on him, so he moved as many shells as he could to the other end of the tank while the dominant male was distracted by the females.

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Lol my male just scares the female away and buries his shells haha


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[mikem691]

Mine would double team the shell and push it

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[notenoughtanks]

All this talk of Shellie's , I may just have to build a tank lol

 

[Anthonysafricans]

Nice love shellies I got multies and Telmatochromis temporalis shellies

 

[nshepler]

You guys are making me jealous.


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[mikem691]

All this talk of Shellie's , I may just have to build a tank lol

Very simple to set up an ideal multi only tank.
20 long with sand and shells
of course heater and filter
The hard part for some is just finding them.