Shell Dweller Cichlid Questions. Help even if you don't keep shellies...

[catherinecarney]

Hmmm, maybe what I've been seeing in Tom's fish room aren't multis--they are considerably bigger.

BTW, have you tried keeping Lamprologus/Neolamprologus (can't remember if they've been reclassified) brichardi? They're not shell dwellers--they spawn in rocky caves--but they stay small (a couple of inches). Not too dimorphic either in size and color, so getting a pair is a pain unless you buy 6 or so. But their communal brood care and behavior makes up for it--really nice little fish.