African cichlid question

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

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


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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.


--
Steve Wolstenholme Neural Planner Software

EasyNN-plus. The easy way to build neural networks.
http://www.easynn.com

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...

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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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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