Shell Dwelling Cichlids For Sale

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. 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. Delivering the shell dwelling cichlid you want right to your door step.

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Shell dwelling cichlids for sale. F1 cyprichromis jumbo yellow head nkonde 19 99. Shell dwellers lake tanganyika. Add to cart show more.

The terms have no taxonomic basis although most shell dwelling cichlids are from lake tanganyikas lamprologine lineage. 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 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.

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Similis multifasciatus brevis ocellatus signatus caudopunctatus calliurus more. Secondly providing a variety of shells doesn t guarantee that your shell dwellers will select those that are endemic to the lake. Shell spawners n calliurus differs from most other shell dwellers in a few ways.

Mbuna lake malawi. Add to cart show more. 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.

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. One of the most common and beautiful of the shelldwellers lamprologus ocellatus comes in a variety of forms. Shell dwelling african cichlids are not too common in the aquarium trade perhaps because they lack the intense colouring of their much larger relatives.

Haplochromis lake malawi. These fish congregate around and use the shells.