20g-ish multie tank

phOOey

phOOey

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Well this is my new 20g-ish tank ( hard to figure out exact volume because of the bow ). Cycle ended and I moved my multies and fry in last night, and they seem to be settling in well. However one female has taken all the shells for herself and wont let the other female have any, she just stays in the rocks. I will be getting another 30+ shells next week for the fry, so hopefully that will help

I think i will probably get a rock dweller soon, maybe an Altolamprologus calvus or a Julidochromis of some type.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/Orca-Lord/newtank001.jpg

Tell me what you think :D!
 

phOOey

phOOey

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Yeah, i've leaning towards the calvus over the julie. I realize it would eat the fry if it got the chance, but i think i could spare the ones that i do lose, those multies sure do breed alot :p!
 

phOOey

phOOey

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Just to say that the two females are now sharing the shells again, they are one happy colony again :D

One of the fry's spines is awfully deformed, i think maybe the 3 fish that i bought initially were probably brother and sisters and it is due to inbreeding and such.
Is the humain thing to do to euthinase (sp.) it? Or will it maybe get better as it gets older?
 

Orion

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Tank looks good barb!

I've never heard of a curved spine correcting itself, so it may be better to go ahead and put it down.

It could be due to a number of reasons. Genetics would be my first guess. It could just be a random mutation, so don't worry to much right now.
 

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