Hello Helmut,

24-28 Celcius degree is better for this cowries. Don't care on the ground
they mostly crowling on the glass as it is more easiler for feeding. Yes,
it is better to place your aquarium nearby a window because sunlight is the
best light source if you are keeping coral tank.

Well, a normal cheap pump is enough to keep them alive only for a short
period. If you want to keep it better you should build up a good filter
dry-wet system. You can simply find the system in any books talking about
coral tanks. If possible please use fresh salt water as it is the best for
them.

Best regards, Don

At 08:11 AM 2000/5/1 -0400, you wrote:
>Hello Dan,
>
>How warm should be the water (please information in Celcius degree). Which
ground do they like.
>Fine one or more rough.  As they want to eat algas, could the aquarium
placed nearby a
>window. A normal cheap pump with filter is enough to keep them alive.
>Are they sensitive again fresh salt water and shall I let run the fresh
seawater for a long time
>as when I want to build up a tank with marin fish. Or are the Cypraeidae
less sensittive.
>Please more information on this.
>the $ 70.-- are on its way and I am just looking foreward with great
interest to the parcel and
>the shells and those you donate. Please send the shells to my address, as
I want to show
>them first to my mother, as she is not going out in the moment and prefer
to stay at home.
>Then after having showed her I will bring the shells to the museums
collection. I will enter
>your name in my website under the link of the museums collection and on
the link on the
>page of Ross Mayhew. Finally we will put your name into the annual report
of the museum.
>I would be thankful, if you can donate me also some uncommon shells and
would be interested
>in all families. Cypraeidae, Conidae, Muricidae and eventually some nice
Pecten.
>I hope you understand me, as I am mad for the shell collection of the museum.
>with best regards
>Helmut
>
>Helmut "Helix" Nisters
>Franz-Fischer-Str. 46
>A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Innsbruck
>phone and fax: 0043 / 512 / 57 32 14
>e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>web:    www.netwing.at/nisters/
>           (please visit it and sign guestbook)
>
>office:
>Natural History Department of the
>Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum Innsbruck
>Feldstrasse 11 a
>A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
>phone: 0043 / 512 / 58 72 86 - 37
>
>----------
>Hello Helmut,
>
>Cypraea tigris are not difficult to keep. If you have a good lighting
>source such as Metal Halide lamps. If you do not want pay too much please
>use two good tubes. They mainly eat green algae in your aquarium. I keep
>two living tigris for more than 2 years. Stones are ok for their crawling.
>
>Don
>
>At 02:48 AM 2000/5/1 -0400, you wrote:
>>Dear Conchlers,
>>
>>maybe once I will have an aquarium with living Cypraeas, sometimes to get
>tigris in our pets shop. What is
>>the minimum they need, how large should be the tank for 2  tigris. Are
>they difficult to keep. What do they
>>need: corals, stones, eg for crawling around. What do they eat. Could
>anybody give me some informations.
>>thanks in advance
>>Helmut from Innsbruck
>>
>>Helmut "Helix" Nisters
>>Franz-Fischer-Str. 46
>>A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Innsbruck
>>phone and fax: 0043 / 512 / 57 32 14
>>
>>e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>>web:    www.netwing.at/nisters/
>>           (please visit it and sign guestbook)
>>
>>office:
>>Natural History Department of the
>>Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum Innsbruck
>>Feldstrasse 11 a
>>A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
>>phone: 0043 / 512 / 58 72 86 - 37
>>
>