The males will have both liked the look of the cave and will be battling for ownership. UNLESS one is a female.

My guess is that because you had not messed with (cleaned) your tank for so long it had developed its own equilibrium. Your big clean and massive (relatively speaking) water change will have thrown things off track. A couple of things. Are you 100% positive your recent dead Zebra, died as a result o...

Your zebra looks otherwise plump and healthy so I would guess it is a heater burn. HOWEVER, you have recently lost a Zebra and, like you say, have been experiencing a number of problems recently. It could be a bacterial infection resulting from poor water quality. This often affects bottom feeders f...

LOVELY puppy you have Neo! The Malamute was one of the breeds I was considering a few years back but decided against due to the twice yearly blowing of their coats!! :shock: Do you have the same problem with Malamutes as often is found with Huskies? i.e. once you let them off the lead, you struggle ...

Funny you should say that. No one who looks in my main tank seems to 'get' plecs in the slightest. They always say something along the lines of "oooo/eerrr what are those weird looking fish OR "why do you keep those when all they do is hide" :lol: I suppose they are valid points to ma...

Not much to keep you busy there Barbie!

Thanks for your reply Barbie.

Your spot on, I didn't want to hear that but guessed as much! They are five cracking caves even if I do say so myself but its not worth risking any of my fish! Oh well, I've got plenty of tiles left so I'll just get some new silicone and make some more.

Hi I recently made my first five caves for my L134s. I used the typical dark grey DIY slate like tiles from B&Q and aquairum (clear) silicone. When pressing the pieces of slate together excess was squeezed out of the sides. I used a tissue to wipe away the excess. This left a very thin layer of ...

Yes, it is made for just that purpose. It is a concentrated Salt formula that contains all the required salts and minerals to allow you to create the water you want. It is made for use with RO water and should be mixed in a bucket and not added straight to the tank.

Bogwood is very unlikely to alter the water conditions apart from possibly releasing tanins into the water which can produce the black water (Amazon) colouration. The most simple method to buffer (raise the kh) would be to buy some Kent RO right. This is a blend of salts etc and you can add a very s...

Your water is VERY soft. In fact if your kh reading is correct you need to be buffering your water (increasing its hardness). When KH is below 4 the pH level can crash to VERY low levels wiping life in a tank. If you are adding RO water because you want to control your water parameters and increase ...

Nesolb,

Just curious to know (roughly) where you are getting 19 Zebra plecs from? Is it s breeder or from abroad?

Cheers

Good pictures!

I'm sure you have checked but looking at the pictures the floor looks to be sloping? I assume this is not the case and it must be the fence that is not level and this is causing this illusion?

Some very impressive collections of fish. Kasper, you will be the nevy of most with 22 L46s!!! :shock: I must say though, keeping 22 in only 2X128 is overcrowding them by quite a bit. Good luck with getting them to spawn though! :D My list is as follows. 55gal 4 juvenille discus 14 neons Pair of Ram...

Hi Adam, Shame you lost all the eggs. I have reared a number of ancistrus spawns. I found the highest success rate in my community tank was to cordon off a small part of the tank using a plastic tank divider. I just kicked the male out and put the cave (with the eggs in it) into this area. I had wel...