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well finally getting my 1st three zebs on the 1st of april,eventually looking to house 5,just wondering how many caves i should have in there for them,tank is 36 inches l by 13 width by 17 high got new design fluval u3 internal filter with venturi also maxijet 1200 with venturi so plenty current/air have built 7 slate caves(none in there yet) and plenty of slate hiding places(brother runs roofing firm so plenty slate avialable:) does this setup sound ok and as above how many caves should i put in?? any help greatly appreciated

It sounds like you have everything about right. Onle males will claim caves but females will shelter in them as well. I believe that more caves works better than fewer under the thinking its safer to have unused cave space than dead or injured fish due to too few caves.

thanks for the answer just finished aquascaping today wont be long now