Shell Dweller Journal

[caino]

that is a plan , i was considering turnin it brackish but no, i will make some calls tomorrow, and try and get my mom to take me to some fish shops futher afield, cant drive yet !!

If all else fails, ill have to get them online

 

[Ferris]

Get yourself over to Manchester - my LFS always have multis in stock.

 

[caino]

Not practical, i mite put multis on hold untill i can drive, my parents arnt exactly fish fans, i mite try brackish for now, i have a another frreeee 12gal tank commin in bout 3 weeks for multis

 

[caino]

Well after a break in belgum i thought bout shellies again, and i managed to find a place with the fish . I got shells and should be getting fish, fingers crossed at weekend, so

 

[Ferris]

Good news - don't forget some pics when you get them.

 

[caino]

yes was abit stupid goin off them lolol buut how many should i have, its the same tank so specs are earlier on in post, i got bout 40 shells, wont put them all in would put my substrate out of work

 

[spikeyboy]

I would put all the shells in the tank.The more shells the better.

 

[caino]

thats true, i am stuck between multis and a trio of Lamprologus ocellatus, any ideas

 

[Griz]

You can't have enough shells with multies. In fact, I'm pretty much using shells as my substrate.

 

[dmullet7788]

i too am goin this direction w/ my tank. it's kind of exciting because it's such a different type of tank. these 2 types of fish are actually the only 2 my lfs carry so i don't know which way i want to go. either way i think they're both a good choice. gl w/ ur tank!

 

[caino]

thaks my lfs hardly every stock them ,and the ones they have now, got ich , im going to london to visit my nan saturday, so hopefully i shall return with fish, its going to be a hard choice.

Edit:didnt make sense..

 

[caino]

Well just washing sand at the moment, then setting up tank, ill keep you posted, sitll trying to find a place with fish!

 

[caino]

im having a few issues, im gonna have to order of Trimar by the looks of things, but they dont stock Multis. I want to have either ocellatus or brevis, but as i only have a 10g i can only keep a pair in there, and ordiering of internet will be imposable for me to get a breeding pair, what to do

 

[caino]

its just been me me me talking to myself latley , anyway oculd do with a quick answer, i have done some ringing around and managed to find some Brevis about 45mins away from me, now would i be ok to put a trio in. They are peacfull and i would try my best to get 1 male to 2 fems but thats imposable, or would you go for 4, im unsure could do with a quick answer because i mite go and pick them up today!

 

[Ferris]

Brevis tend to work best in pairs - you might get away with 2 pairs in a 10 gal but 1 pair would be a safer option.

If you observe the fish at the LFS for long enough before buying them you should be able to tell if 2 have paired off.