No presents yet but Christmas is not far away. :D The males go over to the biggest female at the sponge filter every night and do their jiggy thing but she doesn't want to budge from her spot. I am thinking maybe she is just obese from eating all the food which gathers on the filter. I made a couple...

I've done some minor research and you can read up on these Kordon Breathable Fish Bags here... http://www.novalek.com/kordon/articles/breathing_bags.html http://www.novalek.com/kordon/breathing_bags/index.htm and an independent review on the bags can be found here... http://web.archive.org/web/20010...

The Eheim classic kept getting air in the head somehow and has been noisy for months. I replaced it yesterday with an Eheim professional 1. Ooh such power, the zebs love it. I did of course use half the old classics media to seed the new one. Warning, the heat of the water tends to kink the soft hos...

I really don't think they can adjust to the sand. I seldom ever see them cross it and where they have made nests, all the sand has been swept away leaving glass for them to sit on. I might gradually siphon the sand out with each wc. I put a hollow log in extending from the sponge filter (rear right)...

I get the same notification sometimes when putting up a post. After a couple of double posts I soon learned to have faith it was posted ok.

That procedure is good but if its in the middle of winter and your house doesn't have central heating, in 1 to 2 hours of acclimatisation you are going to have very cold zebras. Maybe a hot water bottle or something should be put under the bucket?

lgb wrote:Now i know what to do, ill start exporting l-46 down under..

That would be fantastic I you could.
Just one tiny insignificant detail: You need to get it taken off Australias banned import list.

Thanks for the idea Jamie. Looks loads better than just a mini airstone.

Too many big words in the link for me. My eyes started glazing over after a minute. I will take your word for it Ameekplec.

I got 2m & 3f adults from a guy in Sydney. He wanted funds to purchase someother really rare fish. They have never bred but two of the females are very fat so fingers crossed they might like my tank enough to get pallie with the two boys who have both taken up caves. Not cheap Riadi, $2,000 each...

Thanks for the input Steve. I have the temp now up to 28c. I found out if I push the internal Eheim button down it blows lots of lovely airbubbles. I knew it was up or down, just couldn't remember which with all the excitement and responsibility of these gorgeous fish. The Eheim canister was making ...

Someone who does not have zebra pleco, advised NOT to have too much airbubbles going in the tank or my fish might get air bubble disease.

Does anyone here have any knowledge of this?

Thanks Stevie, Usually there is so much current the sand shoots into the caves, which is why I put some slate under them. It is for that reason my canister intake is sitting on a rock, so the sand doesn't get sucked up into the canister. The Eheim internal really should be throwing out some airbubbl...

I got 5 adult zebs a few days ago and evicted 5 juvi L002 and several corydoras from this tank to accomodate the zebras. Previously, the corydoras and glass shrimp had bred in this tank. It is 2ft6" x 15" x 15" and is approx 108ltrs or 29 usgal. Filtration is Eheim 2215 15w 620lph plu...

Maybe one is a girl?