What is the minimum footprint needed to hold two species - one from Julie and one from one of the shelly species? I am assuming one side will be stacked with rocks and the other side will be all sand.
Minimum tank size for Jullie + Shelly
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Maybe a 20gal long for a few shellies and a pair of julies. But I would say one side with rocks and the other with at least 2 or 3 shells for each shelly fish.
20 gallon long is the bare minimum, but the bigger the better to avoid run-ins. I still see some scuffling in my 55.
20 long, so that would be a 2.5ft tank, correct?
Now that's tempting. I want to start just one relatively small tank for now and I was going to setup a 15g for a single shelly setup. I have two 75g tanks that will be set up may be 10 months from now so I have an option to move them to a bigger tank later on.
Hmm... choices choices...
Now that's tempting. I want to start just one relatively small tank for now and I was going to setup a 15g for a single shelly setup. I have two 75g tanks that will be set up may be 10 months from now so I have an option to move them to a bigger tank later on.
Hmm... choices choices...
Hmm... choices choices...
not really...
15 g- shellie
20 g- julies and shellies
75- tang community
75- tang community
not really...
15 g- shellie
20 g- julies and shellies
75- tang community
75- tang community
I have both 15g and 20g long empty.
Hence choices... :grinyes:I started off thinking, may be setup a small one, like 10g. Then that idea blew up into 15g... Now I am thinking 20g! With the way I am going, I might as well stop thinking and just go with 75g...
I am now more seriously considering a 20g long with two species. If I go towards this path, which two species are appropriate? I suspect Occelatus is out? May be Multies and which species from Julie?
According to the profile:
Dickfeldi: Aggressive, 4"
Marlieri: Aggressive, 5"
Ornatus: Aggressive, 3"
Transcriptus: Aggressive, 3"
So in theory, Ornatus or Transcriptus makes sense in this small tank...
According to the profile:
Dickfeldi: Aggressive, 4"
Marlieri: Aggressive, 5"
Ornatus: Aggressive, 3"
Transcriptus: Aggressive, 3"
So in theory, Ornatus or Transcriptus makes sense in this small tank...
Do multies they are the smallest I believe. For the jullie, I am getting them for a 29, and am going for whichever one looks coolest. The one with the blue stripes on the fins