Took me 5 years but after watching this video years ago im finally getting my shellies today!!

I remember when you had shellies before, a few years ago. Fell in love with them then, and still love them today. As I'm not able to have fish tanks anymore, due to health issues, I am really happy to see you have been keeping them again. They are such fascinating little guys. Thanks for stocking these little darlings again!

I think it would be cool if you took the shells out, flattened the sand, replaced the shells and then took a time lapse of the fish's activities. That would be quite interesting.

@bkboi4376

7 жыл бұрын

The thing is that the fish shaped the sand in their own liking, and that those shells are their territory... if u took out the shells, it could be a disaster!!!

@nicneung676

7 жыл бұрын

Bagel God that's not what he was saying

@bkboi4376

7 жыл бұрын

WolfEatsCakes oops! My mistake! Thanks for pointing out :)

@gollumtheartisticnewt1028

3 жыл бұрын

@@sapphireotaku3399 they would still rip each other apart reforming the territories

@fatihtopal9113

2 жыл бұрын

What imthis fish name?

Why I love your videos: your personality, getting to see amazing tanks/building, getting to see cutesie fishes, your personality and most of all how educational they are! Which is so awesome for a new fish owner ❤❤❤😊

now my wife wants me to build her an entertainment center and a tank for these fish. she is in love with them! thanks for all your tips, tricks and informational videos!!! keep up the good work Joey!!

live stream these fish or time laps or another time laps of like 2 days so we can see the sand move around

this is one of the best aquariums of Joey. even when teh gallery is built. actualy i like this one and 375 gal. the others might come and go, but these two got my attention for long. it is january 2019 and i just remembered the video from past came to watch this office tank built videos. those were the good times.

Love the simplicity of this aquarium! Thanks, Joey.

The video of the DIY's are the most coolest aquarium videoes on KZread

Your work is appreciated Happy to see that tank ❤️🐟

so glad shellies are finally getting some love :)

I MUST have these fish! this is the only good shell dweller video on youtube i swear.

I wish you could do videos every other day. Dosent matter what content you upload. It could be vlog maybe updates. But you are the reason im watching youtube. Thanks

@welprn5391

7 жыл бұрын

Cuby313 162 agree!

@ReportingHackersMW3

7 жыл бұрын

yeeeeeeessssssssssssss!!!!!

always interesting to watch your videos, love the educational aspect as well as entertainment

I have a colony of multis. Good that you give a focus on this very interesting type of fish.

Love to see update....

@comradeendo5261

4 жыл бұрын

Was there one?

This is the best shell dwelling cichlid tank i have seen till date.

I love the look of these she'll dwellers, they're so cute. 😊🐟

After watching this series I set a a 20 long with the neolamprologus multifasciatus it us now my favourite tank! Thanks for the great series

hey Joey, whatever happened to this tank?

@ironspartanm1779

5 жыл бұрын

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Awesome tank. Those she'll dwellers are really unique

I love this tank and I just ordered the shells for my tank have been researching a lot about these cichlids and I am so fascinated that I am setting up a tank for them. I love your channel and have resealed my own Aquariums and now make my own filters thanks to Joey

That's a really pretty fish and a great-looking aquarium! Loved the background on the species and the lake! Nice work :)

Love the shell dwellers, tank looks great.

This is making me want to get back into African cichlids again! Never had any shell dwellers before.

4:55 GREAT PERSPECTIVE

I love having a good mixture of mollies and African cichlids and believe it or not they get along insanely well as long as you get the cichlids at a young age

Joey the tank is looking brilliant 🐠🐟

I've always wanted to have a shellie tank. I wish I had one just like yours. It's gorgeous.

I love this series! It has given me the itch to build my own aquarium. Thanks!

Hi Joey.. they are a great fit for the office and that tank is made for them lol literally huh? I really like them

They are awesome! what an interesting fish.

Hi! You've done an exceptional job. I'm getting those.

This is cool! Had never considered keeping shell dwellers as an option before.....

I like this tanganyika aquarium. Awesome like always.

these are freaky! :) seeing their faces poke out of the shells is cute! i admire your dedication to all your tanks, seems like a ton of work. Love seeing your videos!

Amazing Joey!!! Thats what you call an office desk!

Joey, I absolutely love your videos! I recently discovered this little firecracker of a fish and instantly fell in love. It was hard to find decent reliable information on these little fellas but I think you did a great job with this video and tank. 😁

Beautiful shells and landscape!

I kept rewatching last vid these fish are so cool

OMG you sold me joey! I have ,any different fish now and I breed axolotl and have 4 types but I have always held off cichlids .... but seeing these amazing fish I am now going to start a new aquarium adventure ☺

loved the video joey. thanks for the upload.

ive been into shell dwellers for the past 10 yrs. they are somewhat unknown in the hobby and hard to find, I love these little guys. my favorite shellies are the Lamprologus ocellatus, they are a little smaller but have the most personality, and cool color variations. I BET that shell dweller cichlid sales go way up now that KODIY did a video on them lol

Congratulations for you channel, you are an inspiration and an example of creativity and happiness. Thanks for your work

PLEASE UPLOAD MORE, your videos is sooo good the only thing i do on a weekly basis is waiting for your video.. :(

@eddysanchez4184

7 жыл бұрын

Same here that's what I look forward to every Sunday but again we have to think about how much work joey puts into his videos so he can't just upload videos everyday editing his videos must be like a full time job along with the other builds he must be working on some that we may not even know about

i do have the n. similis myself together with some n. marunguensis. the only issue with having shell-dwellers alone in a tank, is the upper realm of the tank since they obviously stick most of the time at the bottom. the shells i use are collected by myself. in europe there is a bigger snail Helix pomatia which shells are perfect for the n.similis.

im loving these fish more and more! keep up the good work man!

And now I'm leaning strongly towards shellies for my next tank.

OMG Joey you already have fry in there!!! love it!!

Oh.. my.. gob! I love these fish!

These fishes are so small and cute!

These fish are awesome they're so fascinating to watch!

It's a gorgeous tank! Thanks for sharing!

GREAT video! Love these fish

Fascinating and informative video about a species new to me - thanks!

Got some all about an inch, some smaller (Multis are what I got); can't wait for them to start breeding

Great video! Thanks for making it.

Thank you so much! You answered so many questions I had about these awesome fish 🐠

i got the same in one of my tanks. love them so so much. they rebuild the inside of the whole tank on a weekly basis..... :) im interested to watch you how you keep up with providing them 4 to 5 shells per fish... :-D

I kept a colony of these for 3 years until I had to move. 75 gallon tank with 4" sand and tons of shells. Honestly I never did a water change the entire time but only fed them a tiny pinch of NLS small pellets once a day. Always had to crunch some food to dust so the little ones could eat too. It was my favorite fish to keep and I still miss them. When I shut the tank down there were probably 50+ in there.

Hey Joey, do yo think we can get an update on these guys? See how they are doing? Also maybe some info on where to purchase these guys? Thanks!

Hey Joey! I love all your videos! Can we expect some vids on turtles in the future from you?! Have you ever kept one or plan one in future?!

I'm so early!! Love and appreciate your videos:) The tank and fish are beautiful.

@welprn5391

7 жыл бұрын

And love the footage of them!!!

@jameshumphrey2099

7 жыл бұрын

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@jameshumphrey2099

7 жыл бұрын

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@jericmagsambol1369

7 жыл бұрын

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Hi Joey Your videos are very interesting. I just like to watch them and put some practices into my very small aquarium hobby. Your videos are highly motivational for fish keepers like me. Thank You Joey for many good information you provide for all levels of fish keepers. Good luck.

These guys look so fun!

Great idea and interesting fish. Is there a type of shrimp which could be stocked with those?

In Sydney Australia it was a effort to find the Neolamprologus similis, but finally got my hands on them and love them. my colony has now bred several times so I will be looking to spread these little gems out for others to enjoy as much as i do. Anyone interested Details are in my name Great Video thanks

plzz put everyday vlogs of Ur fishes and Ur activities. it will be to much fun watching it

Dam when I watched this 4 years ago I never thought I'd have to re-watch this because I'm getting some 😅

@wademountain1682

3 жыл бұрын

Omg hahah litrally same 😂😂😂

@wademountain1682

3 жыл бұрын

What size of tank and how much r u getting?!

Where did you get them from?

I said absolutely NO other tanks. But my cousin shared this video with me and man am I and my husband super excited to get another tank and enjoy the shell dwellers. So cant wait to have them to enjoy. Thx for sharing all the tips too for care and cleaning and how they change the landscaping. We are in love with these lil guys. Question what fish are compatible that swim more top that wont kill these to fill the tank a little IF any? Thx.

@jelimafish321

6 жыл бұрын

In my experience you can keep a variety of other fish with them as long as they tolerate hard water and a higher ph. It also helps if they tend to stay in the Middle-Top part of your aquarium. A few varieties of Rainbow fish, tetras, barbs, or danios work well but it will most likely depend on the size and scape of your aquarium. Keep in mind that any sub-dominant males will utilize the middle/upper portions of the aquarium so I would recommend allowing your Similis to grow out a bit and see how they do then add other fish if you would like some variation.

can u do a flowerhorn tank setup and how to maintain it!!

Joey, Thank you for doing you KZread videos! I am an aspiring aquarist and even though I am not able to do many of your projects, I certainly have many ideas! I am going to build a fifty gallon acrylic aquarium using your videos and advice and would like to know where you get your acrylic from. Thank you and keep up the great content! 😁

Wassup Joey, I know this video is old but is so informative, in fact it has made me realize I need to keep these fascinating guys! Just a couple questions for you. 1) what kind of sand did you use? 2) how many is a proper number to have in a 20g long tank! Thank you.

@carsonudee1540

4 жыл бұрын

YOVNG DREAMZ in the video of him setting the tank up he uses standard pool sand. I don’t remember what number the video was in the series but it was the one of him setting it up.

How is the tank doing now?

Have you ever done a video on where you get your fish? I know you get them in the mail but... from where... Thanks. love the video. Can't wait to see you on Saturday at the Chicago Aquatic...

I have a question; Have you had any experience with an under gravel filter. One that has a screen/sponge type barrier between the sand and the undergravel plate? Also have you tried a power head or air driven system that redistributes the water to another filtering appliance?I am really interested in your feedback on these questions because you are about the best source for us midlevel enthusiast available. Thanks for your time.

love the new tank

I've never heard of these fish before but I love them now, thinking of getting some..

What other small fish or critters can I keep with these guys? I'm starting to really like these

hey king !! want to see profiling on shell dwellers... m ur follower... want to set up my first tank n with shell dwellers... want ur tips !!

I'm in love with this tank. I want to make one just like it. And when I say just like it, I mean EXACTLY like it! Damn it, man, what you do to me! I have to start saving up.

thank you for giving the temp in Celsius almost no one does that and its quite helpfull :D another great vid man

I wonder what it would look like if you took a time lapse of the shell dwellers tank and saw how they changed the tanks aquascape over the course of a day or two

I just sold my chiclid tank. It's sad days but at least I can still watch the king.

awesome fish! Thinking about I should get them. But it then has to be possible to put an Electric Yellow with them it's an african cichlid but from another lake

even a nice neontetra biotope would look beautiful since ur tank is so long.. also the light you are using would be enough to grow anubias.. dirty bottom with almond leaves, long drift woods and anubias.. just a suggestion, as it would look more natural...

@aussiejjdude3066

7 жыл бұрын

Aunbias and neon tetras do not come from the same habitat. if you want it natural then you will be looking at a blackwater tank with no plants.

@nanoaquamania

7 жыл бұрын

Tanked With Aussie true, but jus for the look.. maybe we can say semi biotope

@aussiejjdude3066

7 жыл бұрын

ahaha, yeah... I guess that could work! :)

This is hands down my favorite tank that you made. Simple and Beautiful! Do you think i would be able to make a nano tank with these? possibly a 10 gallon?

It's been a long time since I've had these guys. And of course technology has changed. Instead of using chemicals as water buffers can I use some calcium rocks or aragonite sand as a ph buffer? Or what would you recommend as a more natural product? Thanks

I really like these fish.

Cool even I am getting shell dwellers (callirius) ..... mostly next week . I had a question how long did it take for them to start breeding . And what do u feed them !!?

Very interesting! I may have to give these a try sometime

This was awesome, thank you for the video. This tank set up within the book shelf for these fish is a great idea, I hope you don't mind if I copy this idea in the future. 😊

They are so cute!

They look so good with white sand

what kind of lighying do you use? looks awesome

Where can I buy shellies in the US? Any suggestions ? Thanks Joey been your fan since 2018 when I found you on youtube! Love your love of fish and exciting attitude!

Hi Joey, I saw you at Aquarium Expo yesterday! Great seeing you in person! I think you should do an African Dwarf Frog tank!

How many frys do they have? Do they like plants? What other fish can go with them? Thanks for the vid..

thanks for the tips, still living vicariously, but hope to have my own aquarium soon.