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Title: No shell for you Mr. Calvus
Post by: four_by_ken on March 06, 2013, 09:46:09 AM

So, we got this fish a couple months ago.  In the tank was a Cichlid Stone and it was in there all the time.  So, I got a Cichlid Stone too. 
It took about 2 weeks before it would go into the stone at our house. Then it became its domain and it was boss of that stone.  No one else came near that stone.

Then we decided to put a shell in the tank for the calvus.  Guess who is now boss of the shell.  There is hardly room for it in there... but that is the new spot.  King of the shell.

Title: Re: No shell for you Mr. Calvus
Post by: jcunningham0295 on March 06, 2013, 07:56:02 PM

Looks like that is a Hequi.  I have a pair in a 30 Gallon and they are the meanest shell dweller I have kept to date.

Title: Re: No shell for you Mr. Calvus
Post by: four_by_ken on March 07, 2013, 07:13:35 AM

Quote from: jcunningham0295 on March 06, 2013, 07:56:02 PM

Looks like that is a Hequi.  I have a pair in a 30 Gallon and they are the meanest shell dweller I have kept to date.

So far so good.  The other fish just stay away from the rock, and now the shell.  So, if it stays that way I am fine.

Its a neat looking fish.

Title: Re: No shell for you Mr. Calvus
Post by: four_by_ken on March 11, 2013, 08:38:04 AM

It can now get itself completely in the shell.

I think I need to get a bigger shell for it.