Re: L. ocellatus

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

Hi again,

We've bred ocellatus.  They're fun!  Not too difficult, just keep in 
regular tanganyika conditions (hard water, temp 77-80).  We use shallow 
tanks for our shell-dwellers (like 20-longs) with sand (home depot sand) 
on the bottom, maybe 1" deep, and an assortment of shells for them to 
choose.  We sometimes substitute PVC "els" with caps for the shells, as 
you can dismantle them when bringing fish to sell.

I missed seeing ocellatus, but do remember watching a colony of L.  
(actually N.)  multifasciatus go.  They're cool too, but totally different
looking.

A few years ago we had the distinguished Dr. Peter Lewis talk at our club, 
and his whole presentation was on Tanganyika shell-dwellers.  The talk is 
in our library in VHS form, soon to be supplemented with DVDs (coming to 
the GSAS library near you).  It is unfortunately the only way you can see 
this talk as Dr. Lewis unexpectedly passed away in 2002.

  - Erik

 On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Holly wrote:

> Does anybody in the group breed L. ocellatus?  I think some were sold at the
> auction the other night.  I never saw them peep out of their shells though.
> I don't need them right away but I'm interested in getting a few juvies at
> some point.  Has anybody seen them at the LFS?  Thank :)
>  
> Holly ~  
> 
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