Butterfly

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
Carol

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 =)

Butterfly

I keep a little bit of everything LOL
Carol

Coryd55

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 =)

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.

Butterfly

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
Carol

Sabi

Hi Carol! Those are really interesting fish, you must love and enjoy watching them!

I know i know. We shouldn't bother decorating, they know it all!

Butterfly

They are very interesting to watch and are very particular about how they want to "decorate"
Carol

COBettaCouple

Looks like we'll be getting a new long tank for them when you have young ready to ship.

Dino

The ones here have spawned with babies that appear to be about a week or so old.
We placed them on the top of a rack, as most shellies seem to do better when they can see less traffic.

COBettaCouple

So a quieter spot would be good for us to put a tank for shellies? Would that be a tank that would be good on the floor? (Since we're now gone to using floor space for more tanks.)

Mr. Greg

I really like your setup!
And they seem like such an interesting fish, it's too bad I haven't seen any in my area.

Narcicius

Verhy nice.

Butterfly

I think they need to mature a little bit but you are first in line Sounds like dino will have fry for sale before I will
I'm afraid the vibration of walking on the floor might put them off a bit.
My husband thinks a tank the height of a ten G but with the foot print of a 30G would be cool for them. That would just about make the tank all bottom LOL

Ours are in the fish room so they are kind of away from the main traffic pattern. Something else I have found that works well is to cover the back with background paper and wrap it all the way around the ends. Just leaving the front and a small bit of the sides open.
Mr. Greg check with an aquarium club in your area or ask your LFS to order them for you.
Thanks for all the kind comments everyone.
Dino- congrats on the fry
carol

Isabella

Beautiful setup and beautiful fishies! Carol ... so which tank is it already? (I mean, what number - 10th, 15th, 20th?) LOL .

Dino

Thanks, Carol.

Butterfly

# 10 I've been a little more conservative since we moved
Carol

Chief_waterchanger

*gasp* We lost her to the conservative side.

Butterfly

Yeah ... right umm hmmm sure

Isabella

Well, # 10 is quite "liberal" for me! LOL I still have a long way to go to reach # 10 .

Fish Addict

What filtration are you using for this?

Butterfly

It has an old whisper filter rated for a 30g tank.
Carol