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Fish talk => General Aquarium Discussion => Topic started by: brad282 on July 09, 2005, 07:31:00 PM

Title: Shells and calvus
Post by: brad282 on July 09, 2005, 07:31:00 PM
ive got some juvinile calvus and dont know much about how they
eed but i heard they
eed in shells anyway. if i were to put a shell in the tank would they even take anyinterest in it do u think, like do they swim in to it or just when there ready to
eed. they should only be a few months off
eeding age. cheers
Title: Re: Shells and calvus
Post by: on July 09, 2005, 08:47:00 PM
barnacles are the only way to go as far as i am concerned.
Title: Re: Shells and calvus
Post by: here fishie fishie on July 10, 2005, 08:27:00 AM
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>Usually altos dont start to
eed until they are 2 years old. I have seen some cases where they were about 1 1/2 years. The best way to raise multiple altos is to have the tank bare, apart from substarct. One will want shell & defend it with all its might. Plus if a smaller one goes into the shell, it could be forced up in the shell & get stuck.  <
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>Shells are good for
eeding, shell has to big enough for the female to get into, but to small for the male. Barnacles are great for
eeding too.<
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>Do a search on google, there are a few good sites with information.<
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>Frenchy  "A house full of people is a house full of different points of view"<
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