African cichlid question

[Sarah Navarro]

I have some holey rock in my cichlid tank, but I really like the look of the
purple barnacle shells. Would these be okay for an african cichlid tank in
addition to the holey rock? Would the fish go inside the barnacles?

Sarah

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On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 15:45:47 GMT, "Sarah Navarro"
> wrote:

>I have some holey rock in my cichlid tank, but I really like the look of the
>purple barnacle shells. Would these be okay for an african cichlid tank in
>addition to the holey rock? Would the fish go inside the barnacles?
>
>Sarah
>

It depends on the African species. Some of the Tanganyika cichlids
live in shells while at least one of the Malawian cichlids chomp up
shells looking for food.


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[Sarah Navarro]

Oh, these are Malawis that I have, so maybe not a good idea.


> wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 15:45:47 GMT, "Sarah Navarro"
> > wrote:
>
>>I have some holey rock in my cichlid tank, but I really like the look of
>>the
>>purple barnacle shells. Would these be okay for an african cichlid tank
>>in
>>addition to the holey rock? Would the fish go inside the barnacles?
>>
>>Sarah
>>
>
> It depends on the African species. Some of the Tanganyika cichlids
> live in shells while at least one of the Malawian cichlids chomp up
> shells looking for food.
>
>
> --
> Steve Wolstenholme Neural Planner Software
>
> EasyNN-plus. The easy way to build neural networks.
> http://www.easynn.com

[Skip]

Sarah Navarro wrote:
> I have some holey rock in my cichlid tank, but I really like the look
of the
> purple barnacle shells. Would these be okay for an african cichlid
tank in
> addition to the holey rock? Would the fish go inside the barnacles?
>
> Sarah
Sarah,

I got a group of Neolamprologus brevis (shell dwellers) from Lake
Tanganyika living in purple barnacles and they're doing fine.

Skip...

[agent smith]

lake tang cichlids like shells, theyre shell dwellers :P however, lake
malawai cichlids will demolish shells searchin for food. a rule of thumb: if
it can go in their mouth, theyll try and eat it.


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[Elaine T]

Skip wrote:
> Sarah Navarro wrote:
>
>>I have some holey rock in my cichlid tank, but I really like the look
>
> of the
>
>>purple barnacle shells. Would these be okay for an african cichlid
>
> tank in
>
>>addition to the holey rock? Would the fish go inside the barnacles?
>>
>>Sarah
>
> Sarah,
>
> I got a group of Neolamprologus brevis (shell dwellers) from Lake
> Tanganyika living in purple barnacles and they're doing fine.
>
> Skip...
>
Cool! I've only offered snail shells to shell dwellers (I had N.
multifasciatus). Nice to know they will take other kinds of shells.

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