Shell spawners n calliurus differs from most other shell dwellers in a few ways. Add to cart show more.
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Shell dwelling cichlids for sale. Delivering the shell dwelling cichlid you want right to your door step. Cichlids classed as shell dwellers all appear to originate from the coastal waters of lake tanganyika inhabiting the sandy littoral zone at depths ranging from 15 90 feet 5 30 m with a bottom comprising fine sand or mud littered with the empty shells of the snail neothauma tanganicensis. Shell dwellers lake tanganyika.
Haplochromis lake malawi. Secondly providing a variety of shells doesn t guarantee that your shell dwellers will select those that are endemic to the lake. F1 cyprichromis jumbo yellow head nkonde 19 99.
Similis multifasciatus brevis ocellatus signatus caudopunctatus calliurus more. Shell dweller poster free shipping use coupon code poster 29 99. Mbuna lake malawi.
It s widely accepted that the shell of the neothauma tanganyicense snail pictured below the largest gastropod in the lake is preferred by most of the resident shell dwelling cichlids. This means you are reduced to a few specialist or very large aquatic stores with a wide range of fish should you decide these are the fish for you. The terms have no taxonomic basis although most shell dwelling cichlids are from lake tanganyikas lamprologine lineage.
Shell dwelling african cichlids are not too common in the aquarium trade perhaps because they lack the intense colouring of their much larger relatives. The beautiful gold variant which can range into a strong orange or unfortunately down to a muddy jaundiced shade is the most common but there are also blue or purple types and a yellow finned variety. The terms shell dwellers or shelldwellers shell breeding or ostracophil are descriptive terms for cichlid fish that use the empty shells of aquatic snails as sites for breeding and shelter.
Lamprologus ornatipinnis zambia. These fish congregate around and use the shells. Unlike other shell dwellers which return very young fry to the shell once the fry of n brevis have left the parental shell they are not permitted to return although they will remain within their parents territory for a while.
One of the most common and beautiful of the shelldwellers lamprologus ocellatus comes in a variety of forms. Cyprichromis leptosoma blue zebra kerenge f1 18 99 16 99. Aulonocara lake malawi.
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