New 15 g Shellie tank

[Johnny Tuttle]

This is a 15 g with fine black gravel, a few plant cuttings, 6 guppy fry, and three male Neolamprologus calliuruses. It's very different from my other tank, in my signature.

Let's see how I do at adding in the pictures.

 

[Johnny Tuttle]

Here's what passes for a close up of a fish for me

 

[FishCrazyBenBOMB]

Jealous I am, i've been wanting to do a shell dweller tank forever, my lfs never gets any cool fish lol.

 

[Johnny Tuttle]

Here's a second try for a close up

 

[FishCrazyBenBOMB]

He looks awesome!

 

[Johnny Tuttle]

That pumpkin colored patch about the eye is quite nice. This might already be my favorite fish I have--although my neon striped swordtail, neon tetras, and dwarf gourami look quite nice together, and two of my young male guppies are black with red tails. One of those is visible in above the rock in my first post, the picture on the left.

 

[FishCrazyBenBOMB]

Awesome! Wish My lfs would get some multis.

 

[JustOneMore20]

The tank looks great! Those are some cool looking shellies too. I think I have seen pics of those guys, but haven't heard much about them. They are really pretty.

 

[FishCrazyBenBOMB]

Updates?

 

[Johnny Tuttle]

I've added in a bunch more rocks and a piece of driftwood. I'll try to post a picture tomorrow.

I'm thinking an apple snail and possibly a loach or otto pair could join this tank soon.

 

[FishCrazyBenBOMB]

Get some ottos because they stay small so you can still get a group of them which they like, loaches like to be in groups aswell but they get fairly big, stick with ottos deff.

 

[Johnny Tuttle]

Updates from some further scaping

I've added in some driftwood and some more rocks to give the calliuruses even more room to hide.

I'm very tenative about tankmates for these folks even with nothing in with them now other than five juvenile guppies. I keep throwing around ideas like ottos and loaches and then backing down. I've thought of a single julie. This morning, I've already thought pygmy cories or an apple snail. Likely, I'll do little.

 

[Johnny Tuttle]

Two more....

 

[Rocaquarium]

Have you had any breeding yet?

 

[Johnny Tuttle]

Three males unfortunately. They are getting along well, but I'm curious to see breeding in the tank....In the end, I might keep these folks healthy and happy hopefully for years and move to kribs or other shellies if they something like multies became a possibility.

 

[FishCrazyBenBOMB]

Three males unfortunately. They are getting along well, but I'm curious to see breeding in the tank....In the end, I might keep these folks healthy and happy hopefully for years and move to kribs or other shellies if they something like multies became a possibility.

I suggest keeping that tank a shellie tank, those tanks are hard to come along for the most parts, well shell-dwellers are, unless you got a lot of money to spend to order some.

 

[Johnny Tuttle]

Would zebra danios be a decent addition here? I'm very tempted to get a tiny group (4-5).

I'll confess I've considered a dwarf african frog, too.

 

[MichaelsLilGray]

Zebra's are hyperactive little buggers.. they are cheap.. and they stay fairly up twards the top of the tank. If you just want something to look at.. get about 5-7 of them, it would harm absolutely nothing... including your bio-load lol

 

[mike47517]

looks good. cant wait to see more.

 

[FishCrazyBenBOMB]

Updates?