My N. Similis arrived!
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heya flex...dont worry, if you want to copy mine its certainly fine, but you might want to consider something a little bigger in that size of a tank...anyhow, here are a couple pics
and here are links to bigger pics:
http://www.freewebs.com/kevins_fish/jun6similis3
http://www.freewebs.com/kevins_fish/similis2med
I will report in to you in a couple days about how they are doing...for now everything seems fine...they go in and out of there shells, hang out in the rocks, etc
ive got more pics i can e-mail, and i may post this in the toptanks...compete with the plants a bit
Kevin
and here are links to bigger pics:
http://www.freewebs.com/kevins_fish/jun6similis3
http://www.freewebs.com/kevins_fish/similis2med
I will report in to you in a couple days about how they are doing...for now everything seems fine...they go in and out of there shells, hang out in the rocks, etc
ive got more pics i can e-mail, and i may post this in the toptanks...compete with the plants a bit
Kevin
Originally posted by 1979camaro
heya flex...dont worry, if you want to copy mine its certainly fine, but you might want to consider something a little bigger in that size of a tank...anyhow, here are a couple pics
ive got more pics i can e-mail, and i may post this in the toptanks...compete with the plants a bit
Kevin
heya flex...dont worry, if you want to copy mine its certainly fine, but you might want to consider something a little bigger in that size of a tank...anyhow, here are a couple pics
ive got more pics i can e-mail, and i may post this in the toptanks...compete with the plants a bit
Kevin
Something a little bigger? Do you have any recommendations? I was thinking some multies and/or ocetallus (sp?). If I can find them. If not, I guess I will order them.
Nice tank!! I would definitely throw that tank against the planted tanks. Sometimes less is more....
and so i did...its up in the toptanks area now...with a couple more pics....the small ones are about 1 inch, the big is about an inch and a half
Flex: here is the first post i made at cichlid-forum: http://cichlid-forum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=16358 perhaps that will give you some ideas
there are some shell dweller profiles here (but not of similis):
http://cichlid-forum.com/articles/shelldweller_corner.php
might also look at these:
http://cichlid-forum.com/articles/cookie_cutter_10g.php
http://www.cichlidrecipe.com/shellweb/shell_mat.htm
Kevin
Flex: here is the first post i made at cichlid-forum: http://cichlid-forum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=16358 perhaps that will give you some ideas
there are some shell dweller profiles here (but not of similis):
http://cichlid-forum.com/articles/shelldweller_corner.php
might also look at these:
http://cichlid-forum.com/articles/cookie_cutter_10g.php
http://www.cichlidrecipe.com/shellweb/shell_mat.htm
Kevin
how deep is the sand (is that crushed coral?) camaro, deep enough for the fish to bury the shell? those multies will try to bury it won't they? ....and what kind of filter are you running on a 10 gal?
I have a quandary about telmatochromis vittatus - these guys are shellies too aren't they? I thought they were rock dwellers, as did the lfs, but they seem intent on stealing a home from my ocellatus. Where do you get a shell big enough for a 10cm telmat?
I have a quandary about telmatochromis vittatus - these guys are shellies too aren't they? I thought they were rock dwellers, as did the lfs, but they seem intent on stealing a home from my ocellatus. Where do you get a shell big enough for a 10cm telmat?
Hey taffy...the sand is crushed coral and it is between 1.5 and 2 in deep in most places...they dont seem to bury the shells, just move them around some...they do dig in and around the rockwork, but I was prepared for that and it is all glued together (no crushed simili for me)...I am running a Penguin Bio-Wheel Mini, which seems to be doing a fine job...
as for the T. vittatus, they are listed in my books as shell dwellers whose habitat is rocky areas...so it is probably a combination of the two, most likely they are classified as "shell dwellers" because of their habit of hiding in small areas...I have found that my similis (also listed as cave dwellers) spend more time in the rocks than in the shells...do you have any rocky caves for them to hang out in? that might help with the ocellatus/vittatus rivalry, each fish (at least each male) will want to establish his own territory...it may be a matter of letting them duke it out a little and seeing who wins...
as for the T. vittatus, they are listed in my books as shell dwellers whose habitat is rocky areas...so it is probably a combination of the two, most likely they are classified as "shell dwellers" because of their habit of hiding in small areas...I have found that my similis (also listed as cave dwellers) spend more time in the rocks than in the shells...do you have any rocky caves for them to hang out in? that might help with the ocellatus/vittatus rivalry, each fish (at least each male) will want to establish his own territory...it may be a matter of letting them duke it out a little and seeing who wins...