20L shell dwellers! *neolamprologus multifasciatus & neolamprologus leleupi*

[muuunkeeyy]

Picks up some shell dwellers!! threw em into my 20L and hopefully ill end up with a huge colony of multies and a pair of leleupi. lol currently feeding them NLS flakes; i bought the saltwater kind..hopefully its not much different. :\


the setup:

20gallon long

equipment:
aquaclear 50 w/ fluval edge prefilter
theo hydor 50w

stuff in the tank:
pool filter sand, holey rock, anarchis, anubias nana petite

fish:

7x neolamprologus multifasciatus
5x neolamprologus leleupi


pics:

[mnemenoi]

Tank looks great! I'm certain once they get a little bigger they'll be happy to help you rearrange it, lol. Multis are just endless amusement...

[crazy42bmx]

Looks good man glad your enjoying then. Remember to grind up the flake a little bit as those are still youngsters and aren't quite ready for full size flakes.

[ptran]

Beautiful setup!!! I want this tank.:)

[muuunkeeyy]

Looks good man glad your enjoying then. Remember to grind up the flake a little bit as those are still youngsters and aren't quite ready for full size flakes.

yup! grinding it up and they seem to be able to pick off alot of it. some of the food does get lost in the tank though, so i threw in a yellow shrimp to clean it up a bit..not sure what else i can do about a little leftover food lol.

Tank looks great! I'm certain once they get a little bigger they'll be happy to help you rearrange it, lol. Multis are just endless amusement...

lol i've already found many sandpiles around the tank. they sure do get to work fast!

Beautiful setup!!! I want this tank.:)

thanks!

[crazy42bmx]

Oh you have no idea how fast they work. They are the mini earth movers of fish !! But so cool to watch as males mature and they spit sand in each others spots.

[muuunkeeyy]

Oh you have no idea how fast they work. They are the mini earth movers of fish !! But so cool to watch as males mature and they spit sand in each others spots.

seen some of them do that! its funny. there is this one in the back of the tank that flares at me like crazy!! aggressive miniatures lol. my tropheus back then weren't ever this mean.

[sunkenmetal]

soon half those shells will be hidden in the sand.

[sunkenmetal]

seen some of them do that! its funny. there is this one in the back of the tank that flares at me like crazy!! aggressive miniatures lol. my tropheus back then weren't ever this mean.

My meleagris bite me when I put my hand in the tank.

[troy tucker]

The tank looks great.
The more I read about shellies the more I want to try them...

[mnemenoi]

Shellies are awesome and for a cichlid you can breed in a small tank and is happy they are terrific! Donovan and I will try and give a introduction to Tanganyikan shelldwellers at the next GHAC meeting

[LordBarron7692]

Oh that's pretty cool

[sunkenmetal]

I wish I could breed shell dwellers :(

[mnemenoi]

What? I've seen your fry.... Hopefully they did not eat them up when you were not looking....

[crazy42bmx]

I wish I could breed shell dwellers :(

Its not that hard, give them a tank that suit their needs and feed them good foods and have some patience.