Got the Shell Tank put together! Opinions wanted

[FinalJenemba]

My first experience ever with these fish, does this look like a good habitat? Substrate is sand, and I used Escargot shells. Filtration is a Aquaclear 20 and im running a heater, forget the specs but i've used it fine in a 10g before. Now I just need to track down some fish lol.

[sheamurai]

wow, thats a shelly condo paradise! The fish won't be able to pick a shell with so much to choose from.

I've no personal experience with shellies, but that looks fine to me, except they may like a bit of open sand to play in...

[korith]

Looks good, lots of shells. Be prepared many shell dwellers will move a lot of sand around, so some of the unused shells may end up buried. It's fun seeing what they do to the tank. I normally just flatten the sand out and put shells everywhere and let them go at it.

[skullduggery1]

They will breed like crazy,with that many shells.I had a colony that produced so mant babies that i was using the fast growing fry as live food for my juvie orange pike cichlids.

[William]

Looks good. What type of shellies are you planning to get?

[AmyLynn]

Lookin good!

[Rhaethe]

There's a part of me that says to put some rock in there.

Some examples --

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...o/multiank.jpg
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...shellsdone.jpg
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/tanks/images/17570a.jpg

[FinalJenemba]

Thanks guys! There is some rock in there but its hard to see, the water was still pretty cloudy. I fully expect them to re-scape everything, thats one of the behaviors im really looking forward to!

Right now im leaning towards Lamprologus Ocellatus, I like their coloring and behavior. I already tried the LFS and his suppliers dont have any shell dwellers, so it looks like im gonna be ordering online no matter what I pick.

[FinalJenemba]

New pic with the water cleared up:

[MCHRKiller]

I would add some taller rocks with a tan tone...Ohko stone would be awesome. I hope the neons are not a permant fixture in the tank, the shells and sand will not create water conditions to their liking. Overall the tank is nice, perfect home for some shellies