Sharing my brevis tank

[orhlulu]

Hi guys,

Been lurking for a while and decided to post my brevis setup. The tank consists of a trio, 2 male 1 female. Got them from AquaOne a few months back. Wanted to get mutlies but they were out of them and decided to get the brevis a try. No regrets till this day. They are indeed very interesting and intelligent as others mentioned.
The female seems to be constantly flirting with both males but no signs of breeding yet. Any advices?

Tank: Gex Glassestior 450
Filter: Eden 501
Substrate: Reef sand
Shells: Mixture of apple snail, turbo shells (hermit crab)
PH: 7.5 - 7.8

[outspoken]

Hi Bro,
Nice and Clean Setup you had there. On my personal view,maybe you may need to add in more shells or rocks to make them feel "safe/home". I previously add in some dither fish to make them "busy" guarding their shells. It would be better if the ratio is 1 male and 2 female. Picture attached is my old 2ft setup in 2007

I myself just started back my shellies again last week. Oh..you got the N.Brevis from Aquaone? I did ask the owner if he do bring in shellies but he quote as saying that he doesn't bring in anymore because it's hard to sell. Currently on the market is only L.Occelatus gold/blue and N.Similis. I'm currently having Similis juvenile in my small tank.

[orhlulu]

Thanks Bro Outspoken for your suggestions. I am scouting supermarkets for escargots shell which seems to have a bigger entrance to fit the male brevis.
Planning to add more sand as well. As for rocks, the tank is slightly small (4 galleons) and more rocks would reduce the area they would have.
Nice setup by the way. Love the background and rocks.

These trio were the last of what i saw in AquaOne and i bought them all. If i could, i would create a harem for the male. haha
He mentioned he has contacts for shellies and if any bros here are willing to pay a slightly higher price, he might be able to arrange something for you.

[outspoken]

Bro Orhlulu,
Do update if you found the shell in which supermarket. I may consider getting them when my current juvenile grows up. At the moment i got my shells from Y618.
Oh i was thinking that the tank is a big as 2ft. My bad.... That picture of mine is an old picture. Didn't last long as i had to give up due to my wedding. Space constrain and not
having time to take care.

It's quite difficult to get Brevis from any LFS. Best hope is to around for other people who keep them. But even so it would be quite stressful to add in a new addiction, the new
female may not last long due to the aggression from the other 3 fellows especially when they are already adult size.

The Boss talk to me and was reluctant to bring in unless he can get people to order like you said. Anyway how much did you get the trio?

This is the picture of my current setup

[whitedash]

I thought I saw brevis at Qian Hu recently? May wanna try your luck there



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[outspoken]

Oh really? I couldn't find any information of which LFS that stock up Shellies. Previously I got my shellies from CF but they are closed now.
Was recommended by someone with regards to NKS having shellies available.

By the way what other species do they have?

[whitedash]

Couldn't remember but I'm certain I saw a tank of brevis there. NKS carries similes and occies now.

[orhlulu]

Bro Whitedash is right, QH do sell Brevis and another lamprologus species. Seen them a couple of times there.

Shellies are hard to get in SG. So far, the only LFS i seen shellies sold in are QH ,NKS and Aquaone(got lucky perhaps). For specific species, probably got to order through Stone Aquarium. I got all 3 for less than $30. Probably he wants to clear the tank fast to make way for new fishes.

As for the escargots, just bought a dozen for $14.80 from Cold Storage at Vivo. Its sold in a round aluminum tray and located in the frozen section. Had a friend over to finish up whatever the contents in the shells are.

Cleaning part was a pain, shells felt brittle and the oil contents were difficult to remove. Had to scrub the shells in hot soapy water and boiled them several times to remove the oil and detergent.

The trios are now happily exploring the new additions and one of them is busily moving them around.( Sorry for the poor picture)

[whitedash]

I tried ordering from stone aquarium. Boss angus acknowledged my order then after I didn't heard anything from him any more. I texted him but no reply from him too. Quite a bad experience I had

[orhlulu]

Encountered similar issues with Boss Angus. He did message back that shipment will be delayed as there are insufficient orders.
Probably issues with suppliers or something else caught up.

Let's just hope for enough interest around for LFS to bring back these cuties back to the scene like the recent apisto fever.

[outspoken]

Thanks for the information bro orhlulu regarding the escargots shells. Will take note but to go through the cleaning process kind of turns me off.

You got the trio brevis at a good price. Do you guys know how much QH charge for the brevis?
I got my similis at a rather high price based on the size and unable to confirm the sexes. Bought total of 6 juvenile but now i'm left with 3 only.
3 of them died the next day.Suspect due to ammonia level haven't gone completely to 0. Just hope the rest survives and also hope can get a good
ratio of male/female.

I don't think it's easy to get more people to be interested in shellies due to their lack of colouration and availability.
But they definitely have interesting behavior that is hard to match.

[whitedash]

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My similis colony
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My brevis pair. Bonded staying in the same shell. But I think I may have lost the male due to bloat. Still waiting for him to float out of the shell.
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My occies pair.

[whitedash]

Brevis at QH is about $20+. Shellies are so scare in Singapore

[whitedash]

Bro orhlulu so after the first failed attempt, you ordered from stone again?

[orhlulu]

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My similis colony
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My brevis pair. Bonded staying in the same shell. But I think I may have lost the male due to bloat. Still waiting for him to float out of the shell.
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My occies pair.

Very nice setup you have there. Are you housing the brevis and occies together?

[whitedash]

Thanks. Current I'm housing a pair of occies, brevis and Multis in my 2 ft tank. Similis colony in my com tank. Not easy to have a pair of occies, most will just fight each other to death. I have 1 occies in my com tank. Too aggressive and keep beating this pair up



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[orhlulu]

Thanks for the information bro orhlulu regarding the escargots shells. Will take note but to go through the cleaning process kind of turns me off.

You got the trio brevis at a good price. Do you guys know how much QH charge for the brevis?
I got my similis at a rather high price based on the size and unable to confirm the sexes. Bought total of 6 juvenile but now i'm left with 3 only.
3 of them died the next day.Suspect due to ammonia level haven't gone completely to 0. Just hope the rest survives and also hope can get a good
ratio of male/female.

I don't think it's easy to get more people to be interested in shellies due to their lack of colouration and availability.
But they definitely have interesting behavior that is hard to match.

I agree with you. Sexing them is a pain especially when they are clustered together. QH and NKS sells them around the same range, $15 - $20.

[orhlulu]

Bro orhlulu so after the first failed attempt, you ordered from stone again?

No news from Boss Agnus after the delayed shipments. I will update if i see more sightings of shellies in LFS.

[orhlulu]

I think 2ft is pretty spacious for them to establish their own territories. But even the smallest occies is a tyrant.

[whitedash]

No news from Boss Agnus after the delayed shipments. I will update if i see more sightings of shellies in LFS.

What a waste. His list of tanga fishes is tempting.



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