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April 7th, 2008
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Originally Posted by Richard
Nice use of shells for your tank Carol.. seeing the big one reminds me of growing up in Montserrat where, back in the seventies, you'd always find huge pink conch shells strewn about the beaches.. now they're as scarce as gold in this part of the world!.. if only I knew back then what I know now  |
In nature shellies colonize vast fields of empty shells from the Neothauma tanganicensi snails in Lake Tanganika.
In the aquarium they will use just about any shell, some of them are such a tight fit you wonder if their going to get stuck.
Carol
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April 7th, 2008
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Amazing......I enjoyed learning about this....Your tank is very pretty  |
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April 8th, 2008
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Fish Mentor
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Beatiful setup!
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April 10th, 2008
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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  Will you be selling fry/young?
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Originally Posted by Butterfly
They are the easiest fish I have ever had. They lay eggs in the shell and suddenly one day there is just a little cloud of tiny babies around the shell. Mom will keep all intruders away from her shell, but I've never seen any damage or fry being eaten. The next thing you know there will be another shell with little babies around it If theres another female in the tank.
If you startle them they all head for shells and the tank looks empty LOL
They have already started moving the sand around. I might post a couple more pics and show how they re-arrange their tank.
Carol
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April 10th, 2008
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Originally Posted by COBettaCouple
Will you be selling fry/young?
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Most likely 
Their still re-arranging the tank(turning shells, moving sand etc) when they settle in good I expect to see little fry swarm out of a shell 
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April 10th, 2008
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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Great, I'd love to buy some.  |
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April 12th, 2008
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question about the shells: how do you prepare them for the tank? i know people who have taken sea shells, thoroughly washed them only to have fish suddenly die. Are these special shells, or do you have some secret ninja technique of cleaning them?
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May 15th, 2008
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Originally Posted by nickf5
question about the shells: how do you prepare them for the tank? i know people who have taken sea shells, thoroughly washed them only to have fish suddenly die. Are these special shells, or do you have some secret ninja technique of cleaning them?
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Nick I'm sorry I haven't responded, for some reason I hadn't realized there had been an addition to the thread. Usually I just rinse the shells since I buy them at the dollar store or at one of the pet stores.
Well I think they have finally finished moving things around. They have cleared sand all the way to the bottom in a small spot on the left, and stacked it really high in other places.
Check the pics and see the difference. I had nothing to do with the changes they did it all
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May 15th, 2008
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wow amazing! tottally different...oscars do that also...grrr im fixing all the time lol......I love this tank its so myserious...thanks for sharing...
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May 16th, 2008
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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They are SO cool! |
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May 16th, 2008
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Carol,
When you do have fry to sell, I would definetly like to buy some off of you. I have tried to find shellies near me and have had no luck. I have a tank and shells waiting for them, just no fish! PM me when you have some available
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May 16th, 2008
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Ooooo I DO LIKE!!!! 
How many can you have in a tank?
say a 29gallon tank? |
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May 16th, 2008
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Slakey-
I had six or eight adults in the 30 long plus colonies of fry without any problems. They seem to have a very low bioload.
The problem with most tanks is that they are too tall. Most shellies and Multis in particular really only consistantly use the bottom half. Since you really can't put upper level fish in, the top half is wasted. Thats why I like to keep them in a twenty or thirty long after they start to multiply. I had that many in the thirty long because of the floor space (30L=36x12inches) (29= 30x12inches)
They appreciate some floating plants, I use water sprite and let the roots hang down, they like swimming around in the roots but don't seem to do this in a tall tank.
Shawnie - They seem to get upset if I mess with/ re-arrange their sand  They work like mad to "fix" it if I do LOL
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May 16th, 2008
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They are such amazing/neat little fish. I want to get some if I ever get into cichlids. Those will probably be one of the top ones on my list.
Great looking tank by the way! I also didn't know that you kept cichlids heh =)
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May 16th, 2008
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Originally Posted by Coryd55
They are such amazing/neat little fish. I want to get some if I ever get into cichlids. Those will probably be one of the top ones on my list.
Great looking tank by the way! I also didn't know that you kept cichlids heh =)
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I keep a little bit of everything LOL
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May 16th, 2008
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Haha. I tried cichlids(julies) but they all died on me except my male. I think they were bad fish =/ cause my tank readings were perfecto. Oh welll
I wish my 30 tall was a 30 long. The female montezuma sword tail and silver angel are currently living in it are looking for a home(Used to have a trio of montezuma swordtails but other two disappeared and silver angel was 2 bucks at LFS so I just got him) Everything that I have kept in that tank just hasn't worked out and wanted to try these guys. But I guess I should be happy with what I have =)
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May 17th, 2008
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Lol,
Never settle! Always strive for more.. more fish. 
Carol, is your batch getting along really well? We aren't having any aggression on our end from them. (I think we both have some of the same batch?) Our last tank of them (a 55g) went from nearly 20-25 of them to 2 in the matter of 6-8 months, but these seem to be doing really well. |
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May 17th, 2008
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Originally Posted by Chief_waterchanger
Lol,
Never settle! Always strive for more.. more fish.
Carol, is your batch getting along really well? We aren't having any aggression on our end from them. (I think we both have some of the same batch?) Our last tank of them (a 55g) went from nearly 20-25 of them to 2 in the matter of 6-8 months, but these seem to be doing really well. |
Yes some of them are from the same batch and seem to being doing really well.
They are making spawning pits, burying shells, moving sand and claiming territory but I think the females are still a little young. You just never know with Multis
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