Male rejected from shelly group

[Julia]

Hi. Starting my shelly adventure. I put 2 in a 36 inch 30 gallon with 35 shells. Not much happened they hid a lot. Went back and got 5 more and it all fell into place. The first two turned out to be two males. One now has one female and the other has the other three females. The last fish seems to be male and has been ejected to the top of the aquarium. I rearranged the shells the next day to see. They let him in the shells while i was rearranging but he was back in the corner within an hour. Will they ever let him in or do i take him back to the store?

[Guppysnail]

I have not kept Shellie’s however I notice in other fish if they are unwell they hang at the top often in corners and are not readily accepted into the group. 

[Julia]

Entirely possible, though i read this species (multi) is known to do this with “extra” males. Not much info about it in detail via google. I wanted to know if anyone else who kept them managed to somehow integrate them back in or if after a while the male managed to wiggle his way back in. He tries sometimes but the other two promptly turn him around and escort him back up. I may take him back to lfs tomorrow. Its not much of a life for him.