Princess cichlids...
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scientific name: Lamprologus brichardi and i think there also commonly called fairy cichlid and lyretail cichlid.
yea the neolamprogus brichardi is classified as a tanganikian shelll dweller but it is a common misconception there classified as that due to the fact that there in the neo. family witch is made up of mostly shelldwellers well in a 10 gallon i wouldnt put any there little toppin out around mabye 2in i have 3 in a 55 one was chased to the point she was laying on the sand barly breathing i saved her in the qt tank and luckly i had a 30 gall tang. tank there little firecrackers with fins pretty aggressive for the neo. family so i mean mabye 2 in a 20 gallon but none in a 10 consider actual shell dwellers such as the brivus or multifacus of course with sand and shells if u need ne more help fill free to pm i love sharing knolage i gatherd
Brichardi are not shell dweller. Shellies would be okay in a ten, but I would say no on the Brichardi. I say 20 gallon is minimum. All you need is a male and a female, then the rest come natural.
i dont know much about shell dwellers what are they? I dont think ive ever seen them in the lfs..
Shelldwellers are cichlids from Lake Tangynika. They're natural habitat floor has alot of shells in which they breed and make them there homes. Ive got 2 neolamprilogus leleupi in my 20 high with a piece of driftwood, some baseball size(shaped rocks) the rest covered with 25 Delphinula Shells, 5 Triton Shells, and 15 Gold Mouth Turbos Shells and they love them.
I never knew that N. brichardi had a common name, I've always seen them sold @ the lfs under the scientific name or just 'brichardi'
i decided to trade my anglefish and neons in for them so that they could have the 20 gallon to themselfes, so i got 5 and they were in the tank for 5 days and then this morning i found one dead then a couple hours later i found 2 more dead so i looked in the tank and it was all cloudy i think i read somewhere that it could be a bacteria thing or something, they looked fine when the lights came on and then it was a couple hours later i found the first one dead. I did a 50% waterchange and it still looks cloudy, what could it be? I still have 2 left they look healthy but so did the others.
always test your water parameters..this will help establish a starting point to determine what may be wrong.
cloudy water usually does len towards a 'bacterial thing' as in bacterial bloom but usually result of an imbalance in the tank.
you need to check ammonia, nitrites and nitrates
cloudy water usually does len towards a 'bacterial thing' as in bacterial bloom but usually result of an imbalance in the tank.
you need to check ammonia, nitrites and nitrates