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I have had my multies for maybe two years now. I had four multis to start with and nothing happened (I posted various questions about breeding them but nothing worked). They were all about the same size so I think I had all females. About 6 months ago I exchanged 1 and got two new multies ( I...

We have kept 4 multis for about a year and added two new ones about a month ago. Yesterday my wife noticed a baby! There seems to be only one and our multis have never bread before. We have been looking at the shell closely for the last 24 hours. We have just done a partially water change and...

I posted several months ago saying that my multis wont breeding even though I have had them for 6 months. I tried increasing the temp, and descreasing the water changes, etc. Anyway I finally got a friend over to take some photos. They were tricky to photograph in focus but I got 4 of 5. At...

I don't think so because I haven't seen much pairing. Most of the time they swim up to someone elses territory raise their fins at each other and then swim back. I tried taking photos for sexing but it was too hard. Might try again with another camera later. On the next water change I will...

Thanks everyone for your info. I have since tested the water and gh. ph is about 8.3 gh is 18 (could be 19 lost count). Is this problem? Temperature 22 celcius Tank 65 litres. There is 1 other bristlenose in it to keep the algae down. On the last clean I moved a couple of shells and will add a...

I have 5 multis in their own tank. Complete with a variety of shells and crushed coral. They dig, they burry there shells but no breeding. I haven't seen any share a shell, though sometimes they swim up to each others shells and the owner will defend it. Anything I can do to entice them? They...

The tank has a diameter of 40cms so it's higher than wider. After speaking to the lfs I have decided in multis because they need less space and can live together happily as opposed to a pair. The lfs recommended Danios as a campion because the live at the top of the tank.

I have a 17 gallon hex tank. Can I keep a group of 4 or 5 of these shelldwellers in there? And a couple of rainbow fish and something that will hang at the top? Mel

I bought I water hardness test in preparation of keeping some shelldwellers. The test comes with both GH and GK tests. The guy in the lfs said you only have to worry about 1 test, but I can't remember which one? Also the test seems to go up to 214.8 ppm or 12 dKH (12 drops) But this website...

Okay I got it down to two fish. Multis or Brevis? The lfs has multis but can get brevis in... Some photos on the net depict Brevis as a bright fish (almost orange with yellow stripes) others show it as more plainer dull sliver? Out of the two which is a more prettier/interesting fish?

By multis, I assume you mean Neolamprologus multifasciatus? They sound pretty cool and not too difficult to keep.

Thanks for you help two both of you. I have now done a quick search on "shell dwellers" I like the idea of them. The monos have to go back I agree. I returned the barbs and gouramis before our holiday as we were gone for 3 months. I need to buy a test kit and then will report water...

Hi, I've had the tank for about a year now (previously with Tiger Barbs and Gouramis). We took an extended holiday and now we restocking the tank. We picked up 3 mono argenteus because they looked cool and we did not know that they prefer brackish water. Wondering what fish can we get that...

Thanks for your help and info everyone ... I have done 3 water changes for the last 3 days (15% each). Everything is looking good again except for extra green algae stuck to the glass. Might even feed them again tomorrow! Mel

You wouldn't believe it. I was baby sitting a friends child (10 years old) over night. She woke up early, and at sometime in the morning I suspect she put a handful of fish flakes into our 65 litre fish tank (instead of a pinch) without asking or knowing how to feed fish. I looked at the tank...

Thanks for you replies... I didn't do a fishless cycle, I don't have a test kit, but I have gone about twice a week to get the water checked at the lfs. During the first 4 weeks it was cycling, now they just keep saying the water is fine. I can understand the initial fish were put under high...

Okay I got 75 Litre tank about 6 months ago Over a month, getting the water tested we raised the fish numbers to 5 Tiger Barbs, and 2 Opaline Gouramis All is fine for the first month. Then added 4 baby Moss Barbs and another Opaline Gourami After about 1 week later, we noticed 1 moss barb...