Crap! That was the one wrinkle I was most concerned about because I can't find anyone that has direct experience. Without the Xenos, what do you think?
Planning Tanganyika Tank- Please review stocking plan.
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Crap! That was the one wrinkle I was most concerned about because I can't find anyone that has direct experience. Without the Xenos, what do you think?
Perfect stocking otherwise. I would suggest physically separating the shell piles though to reduce the chance of the different species squabbling over the territories. Any rockwork should be good enough to break them up. In a large tank like this I see no major problems.
Any chance of throwing julies or calvus into the mix? They would LOVE the rock caves you are planning...
Any chance of throwing julies or calvus into the mix? They would LOVE the rock caves you are planning...
Perfect stocking otherwise. I would suggest physically separating the shell piles though to reduce the chance of the different species squabbling over the territories. Any rockwork should be good enough to break them up. In a large tank like this I see no major problems.
Any chance of throwing julies or calvus into the mix? They would LOVE the rock caves you are planning...
I may add to it down the road, but will probably start with
6 L. Brevis
6 L. Meleagris
6 L. Ocellatus (Gold)
and 6 L. Hecqui if / when I can acuire them.
10 C. Leptosoma
I was really hoping I could pull off the sifters if I used the second tier of the tank for the shellies. I may have to rethink the caving for possible julies down the road.
How large are the ledges going to be?
I would love to see any drawings of the setup you have, if you have them at all of course...I'm a visual person
I would love to see any drawings of the setup you have, if you have them at all of course...I'm a visual person
How large are the ledges going to be?
I would love to see any drawings of the setup you have, if you have them at all of course...I'm a visual person
It's all in my head right now and I'm a lousy artist so any pics by me will have to be photos. lol
Hopefully this makes sense.... something like this (bottom 1/3 only), but with a more natural "rocky" feel and no high level ledges. Also, the ledges or shelves will be mostly hollowed out and filled with ~2" of sand with the shells. The top portion will be left open for the cyps.
Too many substrate spawners for that footprint, and too many shellies for a tank twice as large. You can toss 'em all in, but be prepared to pull some back out or write them off as losses.
They aren't mouthbrooders (aside from the Cyp's), so they are classified as substrate spawners. The males will all be competing for shells and at least 24" of territory around them.
I would actually classify them as shell spawners...
I am concerned about the ledges...I didn't think they would be that high. Too high for shellies IMO. And they are going to be too close together...I imagine each dominant male is going to squabble a lot over neighboring shells.
Also, what is supporting this underneath?
I am concerned about the ledges...I didn't think they would be that high. Too high for shellies IMO. And they are going to be too close together...I imagine each dominant male is going to squabble a lot over neighboring shells.
Also, what is supporting this underneath?
I would actually classify them as shell spawners...
I am concerned about the ledges...I didn't think they would be that high. Too high for shellies IMO. And they are going to be too close together...I imagine each dominant male is going to squabble a lot over neighboring shells.
Also, what is supporting this underneath?
The ledges won't be high... ~6-8" off the substrate. I'm looking at doing 2 18" long and one 12". Each will be 12-14" deep. They will be seperated by 4" in length and 2-4" in height. The pic I posted was more for reference on method than detail. I'm gonna build it and post it long before I stock. I will do something "different" with this tank though.
