Shells for Multies

[Otorix]

I have lots of large black mussell shells ranging from 10 to 20cm in length, would these types of shells be suitable for keeping multies or do you need a particular type of shell? Don''t actually keep multies at the moment but was looking into it.  

[littlefish]

haven''t tried mussel shells  with shell dwellers before  i find snail shells are the best<
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>shane & le-nieka<
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[merjo]

Shellies need uni valve shells...mussels are unsuitable as they are bi-valve.<
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>Andrea   acwattsATbigpond.com<
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>"Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing." Ib.

[Davies da fishman]

next auction, go and buy a whole heap of mystey snails, take em home, boil em and try and extract the body. either that or put em in with your fish n wait till they die <
>tis how i get mine for the multies<
>matt

[Dyce]

look on the beach and you''ll find some. ALso theres some really good shells you can find but I think they''re only northern nsw, they''re these big snail shells you occasionally find about 5cm+ diameter, I know my mates multies
ed in them.  fish fish fish fish turkey fish fish gobble

[here fishie fishie]

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[s4057679]

Fishtraderlau (Andrew) has great calcium carbonate snail shells. I got a heap of him when I got my multi colony and they''re prefect.

[Otorix]

Thanks everyone for your replies you''ve all been very helpful. I might try using the mussel shells as extra hidey places for my clown loaches instead, and eventually get some snail shells for a multi colony.