In nature, the density of any animal is probably nowhere near 5 animals in a 30 x 60 cm area. Also, the density of food is definitely far far less n the wild than in any tank that they are fed in.

Just keep them well fed, and they should be fine with such ample space. If you feed after lights out ...

My little zebbies have finally decided to use one of the new homes :D
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll255/ashikatani/zebraincave.jpg

http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll255/ashikatani/zebraincave2.jpg

Also have these caves for sale if anyone in interested: http://www.zebrapleco.com/forum ...

I have clay pleco caves for sale that I have ordered from Germany for sale.

Availability Update!! All size 4 caves sold!! Price drop!!

Caves size 2R $12 (1 inch internal diameter, 4" long) - eight available
Caves size 2T triangularly $18 - three available
Caves size 3R $15 (1.25 internal ...

Congrats on the spawn!!! Maybe a vacation is the stimulus we all need for our plecs to spawn

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Sounds to me like clothahump is not the sender or receiver so why should it be his/her fault?

Yes, sorry, my mistake I misread. Definitely the sender's fault. I thought he was the sender, but am mistaken; however my opinion that it is entirely the sender's fault does not change ...

Corys and shrimp will be fine, IMO. Corys will not be active at night so won't compete for food, and the shrimp will hardly be competition.
That being said, I support shrimp fully, as I am personally convinced that newly born shrimplets are a very very good food source for all fish, and plecos are ...

clothahump wrote: it arrived this morning DEAD due to poor packaging

Sounds a lot like your fault. You sent it: 1, poorly packaged, 2. over mail, poorly packaged. I would only send fish if you are confident and successful in other attempts.[/b]

crays of any size will go after anything they can grab after. When I was a kid, I thought minnows 10 cm long would fare well against similarly sized crays (1 -1.5 inches), only to wake up to an eaten minnow.
I wouldn't risk it. Unless you're into really really really expensive feeder fish.

Congratulations on your new acquisitions!

I've had my zebra juvies (10 months old) for a few weeks now, and up till today they all loved to live together under a piece of driftwood, instead of the slate I had set up for them.

However, today I noticed that they were all in different places, one to each place. When does territoriality set in ...

Plecs are apprently able to breathe through their stomachs, as their stomach linings are very thin, and they have capillaries running along the wall, allowing for gas exchange through the stomach as well.

I've seen some plecs go for air too, so it's not really something that concerns me (well ...

@ darry: the plants he has in the front are anubias species, they will pretty much grow with next to no light at all. The plants in the back I am not sure what they are, but they appear fine.

Adding more caves may not be good, especially considering the small size of the tank (judging from the size ...

They appear to be nerite snail eggs.

Zebra nerites:
http://k53.pbase.com/o6/94/742394/1/73553340.ETXMKoEF.ZebraNerites.jpg

eggs and nerite:
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/images/sept2003/sesamethumb.jpg

Nothing to worry about. They can't hatch in FW, and the egg casings tend to stay on ...

Good to know guys, thanks for all the advice. I've only had them a few weeks now (two weeks today :)) And I think they're starting to get comfortable, as they're hanging out more and more near the edge of the hiding spots. Hopefully they'll like to come out any play after a few more weeks in there ...

My little guys are fairly timid right now, and they pretty much stay hidden together in the dark, so feeding them during the day would be hard. I haven't even seen them feeding during the night, and the only way I know they are feeding is that they're not thin.

Any suggestions as to getting them to ...