Re: dwarf fish

["Scott McLaughlin" <relli@aye.net>]

I think its Neolamprologus brichardi, they are not dwarf, but they do not get
very big at all. In fact I have always wondered why they are not considered
dwarf. Another consideration with the Lamprologus species Helen listed is that
some of them are very aggressive towards one another. I have read that multifasciatus
requires a fairly large territory as compared to its diminutive size.

Scott 

>Kym,
>Lamprolugus brichardi are not a dwarfspecies and they are not shell
>dwellers, the size of tank you mention is far too small.
>You should be looking for Lamp.Ocellatus, Brevis, Neolamp.Multifasciatus
>etc, a pair only for this tank.  I take it you are aware that these fish are

>Tanganyikan species and require different water parameters from your SA
>species.
>Helen
>
>>Are brichardi dwarves/shell dlers?  I'm looking for a nice fish for an
>office tank, but it will only be about 5.5 gallons, or one of those small
>eclipse tanks, the all in one design and would really like to have a piar of

>shell dwellers to put in it.  I recently bought some brichardi, they are a

>whitey blue color now, think a male and female, very small, only about 1-1.5

>inch big now but one has a very pointed end to its tails and the other
>doesn't, it is pretty straight.  i'm new to this species, have kribs and
>rams and some large SA cichlids and some johannis in another tank, i have 5

>tanks, all different types.<
>
>thanks, kym<
>
>
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