Woodendog Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 I have a 20 tall and a thirty long. water is tap and is hard and ph range is on the high side (8-8.2) would like to do one of the shellie's and then apisto in the other. (currently have a (viking-kills everything) auratus who lives alone- and 4 venustus who are about 6 weeks. in other tanks) The question is about how many shellies in the 30 long to generate a duel colony one on each end, which shellie is best suited for this. Also in the 20 tall which apisto> knowing the ph might have to be worked on < has the most potential in this size tank. am continuing research, but as always there is conflicting ideas on line, experience speaks volumes. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Unfortunately I don't have much experience with shellies, but I've heard that Cory owns shelldwellers.com. Have you tried looking at that forum? ShellDwellers.com - Index WWW.SHELLDWELLERS.COM ShellDwellers.com - Index Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bay Area Aquatics Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 I started with a colony of 7 in a 10 gallon, and after a month or so I'm starting to see fry. I forget the exact math, but if you get 7 fish there's like a 99.5% probability that you'll get AT LEAST one male and one female. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodendog Posted November 17, 2020 Author Share Posted November 17, 2020 thanks. Had not found that forum a new resource is always good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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