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Absolutely beautiful pictures

Oh my goodness! Could that baby be any cuter? I am determined to get myself some shellies! I want some multis so bad I can't stand it. A couple of tanks with a couple of varieties would be good though! ACK! There I go, giving into my MTS problem again! LOL!

great pics and wonderfull looking fish ! LM your gona be the end of me you know that right. your little shellies just feed into the whole MTS disease lol. especielly when you start showing fry! again very nice looking fish and great parenting by yourself

Thanks, guys!

Believe it or not, this is condsidered to be an EXTREMELY slow-growing species. And since I only barely upped the temperature (a degree or two) and didn't increase water changes (weekly), the cause of the growth is certainly the multiple daily feedings. I've been giving them crushed Newlife Spectrum about 3-6 times a day, depending on how often I'm in the dorm.

Compared to my recent batch of similis fry, which were fed only once a day, these guys ... actually, these guys at about a month old are VERY swiftly catching up in size with the similis, who are nearly 6 months old.

Oops. From now on, all fry get fed multiple times a day, even if the literature swears they'll be slow-growing no matter what I do.

Fry:
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-Molly
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Gorgeous pictures, and gorgeous fish as well! VERY lovely! Eventually I plan on getting some shellies myself. *sighs*

LittleMousling
Fantastic Maco photos as usual what hormones are you feeding those babies they seem to grow very fast. I assume in the wild it is grow to survive.

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Great pictures! LOL they're growing beautifully the little cuties

wow, they grow fast! nice pics.

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Oh wow, those are fantastic pics

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All of these are "Dad" with his fry.

This one, soon after Mom kicked them out of her territory:



This one, taken only FOUR days later:



And only three days after that (at this point the fry are slightly under a month old, best guess):



I guess I can vouch for how well multiple daily feedings, a high temperature, and not-over-the-top frequent water changes work for a "slow-growing" species.[/font][/font][/font]

-Molly
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i todl ya shellies will do that. look away stormy look away. dont look into the tank !


go shellies go shellies go shellies.

Last edited by Sin in Style at 19-Apr-2005 08:36

Yes, take it from someone with (oh, dear!) seven shelldweller species - they're addictive!



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-Molly
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wouldnt take long for these guys to fill up a 30gLong huh. 1 or 2 batches it looks like for your pics lol. must be really nice to sit back and watch a colony happen in front of your eyes.

Cute

I love shellys and don't yet own any!

Angel EEl

I wish these were in fact a colonial shellie! Nah, my reverse trio is quite enough for the 20. They're very friendly, generally, with the fry (of whom there are 21) but I think the truce will be over within a month or two.

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*bounces around* I was talking to my friend who owns the SW lfs today, and he still orders me FW fish and things when I need or want them and sells them to me for cost... anyway, I mentioned shellies and he said he has a friend who owns two varieties. He was not 100% sure of which kinds she had (as he is a SW guy, and not all that interested in FW), but he is going to get in touch of her for me and I may be getting some!

SIN! I could not look away! ACK! LOL!

What did you feed them? Steroid?
I had frys before, they never seemed to be growing.

Newlife Spectrum. And like I said, I put the growth down entirely to multiple daily feedings.

-Molly
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