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Posted	tang cichlid shell dwellers
27-09-2006 13:50 by sonia	someone i have got friendly with has a 2-foot tank with "shell Dwellers" in and they are breeding. They wernt sure of actual names of fish but are only about 1 inch to 1.5 inch big and she is hoping to get them to breed as they dont grow big do you think i could get away with a 24x12x15 tank with one species of tang shell-dwellers. Was thinking i would get about 7 or 8 (same species) and hopefully two or more will pair off. If they breed i can easily upgrade to a 36x12x15 If so what tang shell dweller species do people advise as a single species that is mostly likely to breed? PS - my water is hard and alkaline
27-09-2006 15:53 by PaddyD	Hi, Yes your tank is fine - you might get away with one rock dwelling species as they use different space in the tank - one on the floor and one in the rocks a dwarf julidochromis like D_ickfeldi or ornatus would work well. Most if not all form colonies, but there are two types of colonies: Some species form loosely bonded pairs within a larger colony, these are probably best kept as pairs ( 1male/female pair to 1 square foot of floor space) , while others tend to form Harems where one male has several females. Again 1 male per squre foot of floor space and several females - so for your tank 2 m,ales with 3 or 4 females would be fine - or start with a trio and aloww your babie to form the rest of the colony, a two foot tank can support quite a few fish if a colony is created this way. Pair forming species that are available are: Neolamprologus brevis, N. mealgris Harem forming species are: N. Multifasciata, N, occelatus (gold and blue forms), simillis, Multifasciata is lovely, the smallest species, not too aggressive and stunning bands, my favourite. They should all breed ok, but occelatus, brevis and multifasciatus are probably the easiest.
27-09-2006 17:12 by yanton	occelatus:
27-09-2006 17:13 by yanton	brevis:
27-09-2006 17:15 by yanton	multifasciatus:
27-09-2006 17:15 by yanton	occelatus wins it for me.
27-09-2006 17:32 by sonia	thanks guys this is great these are fascinating little fish i have seen some video clips of the way they mess about with the sand when breeding! lovely
03-10-2006 21:46 by sonia	have played it safe and got 8 lamprologus ocellatus from two different shops they are quite small but sexually mature i am told and are in a 2 foot tank with silica sand and shells. the shells were almost as expensive as the fish

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