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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 =) | 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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May 17th, 2008
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| Hi Carol! Those are really interesting fish, you must love and enjoy watching them! Quote:
Originally Posted by Allie Ever see a male malawi african in breeding mode?  They totally rearrange the tank with piles of sand everywhere. Digging under rocks. |  I know i know. We shouldn't bother decorating, they know it all! |
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May 17th, 2008
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| They are very interesting to watch and are very particular about how they want to "decorate" 
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May 19th, 2008
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| Looks like we'll be getting a new long tank for them when you have young ready to ship.  |
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May 19th, 2008
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| 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. |
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May 19th, 2008
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| 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.) Quote:
Originally Posted by 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. | |
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May 20th, 2008
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| 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. |
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May 20th, 2008
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| Verhy nice. |
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May 20th, 2008
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by COBettaCouple Looks like we'll be getting a new long tank for them when you have young ready to ship.  | 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 Quote:
Originally Posted by Dino We placed them on the top of a rack, as most shellies seem to do better when they can see less traffic. | 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 
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May 21st, 2008
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| Beautiful setup and beautiful fishies!  Carol ... so which tank is it already? (I mean, what number - 10th, 15th, 20th?) LOL  . |
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May 21st, 2008
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| Thanks, Carol. |
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May 21st, 2008
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Originally Posted by Isabella Beautiful setup and beautiful fishies!  Carol ... so which tank is it already? (I mean, what number - 10th, 15th, 20th?) LOL  . | # 10 I've been a little more conservative since we moved 
Carol |
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May 21st, 2008
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May 21st, 2008
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Originally Posted by Chief_waterchanger | Yeah ... right umm hmmm sure  |
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May 22nd, 2008
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by Butterfly # 10 I've been a little more conservative since we moved 
Carol | Well, # 10 is quite "liberal" for me! LOL  I still have a long way to go to reach # 10  . |
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April 18th, 2009
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| What filtration are you using for this? |
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April 18th, 2009
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Originally Posted by Fish Addict What filtration are you using for this? | It has an old whisper filter rated for a 30g tank.
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