Setting up a Neolamprologus Multifasciatus tank...

GirlieGirl8521 said:
I'll be watching your thread closely. :) I'll be setting my 20 long Multi tank up shortly after Christmas (I hope). :D

How many Multies are you going to get for your tank?
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I'll probably get 3 or 4 since they will only be in a 10 gallon tank for now. Eventually they will go in my 20 long once I get a larger tank to move the occupants of that tank into. By that time I figure they'll have a few fry and will become a nice little colony for the 20 long. I'm super excited about getting these little guys!
 
not trying to hijack the thread but I've been trying to get my fiancee to let me get multies but she's not too keen on extra tanks. I have a pretty good chance at one of those 6.6 long bookshelf tanks but I'd like a nice big tank for a sizeable population of multies.

I'm curious, has anyone ever tried offering unconventional homes for multies? can't think of anything specific offhand but, for example, would they live in a piece of deco if not offered shells?

my other question is about their life cycles. basically I'd like to know how long it would take for a 30g tank to be completely populated by multies. the specific bits of info are: age of sexual maturity, gestation period, and average clutch size.
 
Natosha24 said:
I'll probably get 3 or 4 since they will only be in a 10 gallon tank for now.
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I'll have to let someone else respond as well, but with only 3, I think they might be a little shy until they start breeding.

When I was trapping mine one time, they really didn't mind my doing stuff in their tank. Well, they hid when I was actually IN the tank, but as soon as I stopped, they were frolicking again. Even when I was catching them in the fish trap, they still weren't shy. However, after I removed a couple, the rest became pretty timid. They stayed very close to the shellbed, not swimming around like they were only minutes before.
 
just like a little cave or any similarly small mostly enclosed space.

wierd one: little football helmets (I guess if the aquarist in question is a football nut)

I tend to like going with oddities like this though for the life of me I can't think of a suggestion for something like that that I would do myself but I'm just trying to express the general idea of the mulites hanging out in an unconventional home.

of couse I wouldn't want to do anything that would harm them in any way.
 
Natosha, just wanted to let you know, I've got multi fry. :) You know I've got so many shells in there that I was lucky to get a glimpse of one, and I haven't seen him again. I put some walter worms in there, and I'll get a pic whenever I start being able to see him/them.

I don't even know if I've got more than one or not. :)
 
jrh said:
Natosha, just wanted to let you know, I've got multi fry. :) You know I've got so many shells in there that I was lucky to get a glimpse of one, and I haven't seen him again. I put some walter worms in there, and I'll get a pic whenever I start being able to see him/them.

I don't even know if I've got more than one or not. :)
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Wow! That's awesome! Congratulations! I hope you end up with more. They must be sOo cute!! Get pics when you can. I'm totally jealous! LoL. I think my source may have fallen through. :sad:I'm frantically trying to find someone else to get some from.
 
I just wanted to post a quick update. I got my new heater, got my shells, bleach dipped my plants (in hopes that the ramshorns wouldn't end up in this tank), and got everything in there. It's fully cycled and ready for some fish. I took out quite a bit of sand. Any recommendations or criticisms are welcome. :grinyes:

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It looks great! :)
 
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