thebuddy, as a side note do everyone a favor and read your messages before you post them. You can even write the messages in MicrosoftWord or whatever you have and copy them into the post. Also, please try to follow your own advice... heres a great idea no bush bashing (or anyone for that matter) Th...

I left something rather scathing for the buddy and now using the edit option to delete it because is doesn't add value or benefit this forum. I'm sorry, I'm missing how this thread "add(s) value or benefit(s) this forum." :?: Yes, everyone is entitled to their own opinion and to share and...

Congrats on the spawn husky_jim. A friensdof mine is working with the fish and has raised a LOT of fry. He says the young require soft VERY clean water to do well. For my own info, what are you feeding the youngsters? khblock, In a trade for a young zebra pleco I picked up among other things 20+ A. ...

The Buddy, If your municipal water supply has ammonia added to it as well as chlorine then letting it sit, even aerated, won't do a thing. The ammonia and chroline bond to make a compound know as chloaramine which can only effectively be broken with another chemical...AKA a water conditioner that tr...

Crushed coral sand/gravel would raise the pH and hardness making the tank more alkaline (the opposite of acidic). In addition the coral based substrates tend to be courser then "freshwater" sands and gravel, which may sratch up a bottom oriented fish. Zebras are going to want a pH in the s...

Do you know what the babies were being feed before you got them? The first several spawns of zebras I had kicked off after 45-60 days due to a "meat" only diet. I realize your fish are/were much older then this, but they may still have needed a large portion of veggies in their diets.