200 gallon Tanganyika tank

[eklikewhoa]

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thanks for the heads up about ultimate fish and all the other places.

after watching jewel of the rift i was hooked on shelldwellers.

[ItsDubC]

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Understandable.  The occies in my tank steal the show, hands down.

[eklikewhoa]

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Went to ultimate fish today and they didn't have any of the shells available but lots in their tanks. After talking to the guy their about the fronts I asked if he would sell me some of the shells from the tanks and he did! After coaxing some brevis to come out I picked up 8 shells but when I went to pay for them a brevis came out of the shell! The girl there ended up letting me have whatever else was in there cause they wouldn't come out so I got two maybe three free brevis!

Also bought a piece of driftwood out of their pleco tank and the guy gave me a discount on the shells cause I bought so many.

Well tim looks like I'm on my way to having a harem of shelldwellers!

[docmump]

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You gotta love that Alex...  

[eklikewhoa]

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You gotta love that Alex...  

well alex wasnt there, it was a young guy and a girl in which the girl stated she bred those brevis. they also had black occies too.


hey arm you got some pictures of you occies? stopped by mike's but think all of his are males, do you noticed the difference in your occies?

[Tiapan]

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yall are making me want to reseal my 20 long for shellies now., but will be busy with a fencing class for next few weeks.lol

[armthehomeless]

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other than size... I notice no major differences in the occelatus that I have. The male puts out a little more of a "shine" and the female usually looks a little paler. not sure if that is just courting or mood behavior though. I'll take pictures on Sunday afternoon.

Current contents of my Tank: 6 occies, 3 leleupi courtesy of eklikewhoa (two purple and one bright orange), 2 cyps (found 1 on the floor), 1 burundi frontosa. I'm currently looking to find some Cyp. leptosoma "neonhead" if anybody knows where I can find some. Thinking 18-24...  Still looking for a good deal on petricolas too.  I'm gonnas transfer my two comps from another tank to this one once I get rid of the frontosa.

By the way... is there a good way to tell between male and female leleupi? One of mine started "dancing" yesterday. I'm thinking its the male. :wink:

[eklikewhoa]

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the leleupis when i had them at first believe they spawned, it was the really dark orange one and the pale one but the pale one seemed more dominant. they guarded a little hole under a rock but other than that im not definate.

check out fish ranch and ultimate fish for the petricola's i saw them there but dont remember the price on them, probably call ahead of time.

with your occies i have read females have the white tip dorsal/anal fin and the males have none or orange tipped. can you observe yours to verify so i know it would be great so i dont end up with too many of one sex, thanks

[eklikewhoa]

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hey tim, did you find anyone else with gold ocellatus? gonna get some from mike but wanted to look for some others as well.

[armthehomeless]

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If I recall correctly, there may have been some down south at a store on Almeda Genoa @ Kleckley. Unfortunatley I don't remember the name.

[eklikewhoa]

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fish depot or something like that right?


eta: called fish depot and they have a bunch of different shellies but no ocellatus. i guess i might just mail order a few if i cant find any in town.

[armthehomeless]

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yeah... it was fish depot that i was thinking of. I looked at my occelatus for aq while, but could tell any different coloration on the tips of the fins. If you decide to mail order some, I'll probably go in with you. I'm having trouble finding any cyps (at a fair price) in Houston.

Hope you enjoy fencing, Tiapan. I'll reseal your 20L if you give it to me so you can put some shellies in there.

[eklikewhoa]

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think i might have to order some, i got five from mike but they are all males from the way they act and the finnage. know where we can order them? theres a guy in dallas that has some things but not sure if he has what you want, check him out over at dallasfishbox in the market. goes by rifttoreef

[armthehomeless]

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yeah... i can get some petricola from him. i'll get my cyps from him too.

[eklikewhoa]

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im trying to see if he can sort me out a few females and if all it good ill let you know.