Patience is the key. Eventuelly they might suprise you by spawning all of a sudden when you least suspect it. For the setup i would add some bottom coverage like a tiny layer of sand. The fish might get more relaxed without reflection of the bottom glass this way. I would replace most of the caves w...

I would not worry about the fry that were already in there before the eggs nor would I worry about the new eggs. If the male had some experience he will do fine to carry for the both of them. Regarding the rest of your questions there is a nice 2 part article in the Shane's world section also linked...

Haavards articles on aquascaping are in the catfishology section. These include his tanks in which he holds his zebras. Might be worth checking b-) . Part 1 http://www.planetcatfish.com/shanesworld/shanesworld.php?article_id=387&title=Aquascaping+for+Hypancistrus+zebraThe+Perfectionist Part 2 ht...

Today I was looking at my ancistrustank when suddenly I noticed something odd. :-\ Once inspected more closely I noticed it were facies of my ancistrus with white dreads in between floating on the watersurfice. What kind of desease, infection, ... is this and what can I do about it? More info: - fis...

Some good water you got over there. Keep up the good work

You should find your answer here:
http://www.planetcatfish.com/shanesworl ... rd+Catfish

and

http://bdweb313932.bluedomino.com/artic ... caria.html

8 days with a temp. of 25°C

Looks like L66 too me, L260 has a dark "base"-color and thinner white lines on top of it.

Very nice fish and tanks, good job

Apart from members' but you should check this out: http://www.touropia.com/largest-aquariums-in-the-world/

Positive to hear that they only eat the dead eggs/fish. Seems like I'm going to the local fish shop soon

In the near future I'm planning to keep a group of pangio kuhlii in my community tank.
The problem I have deciding to keep them: would they eat common ancistrus eggs or fry from my pair which is househoulded in the same community ?

Thanks Shane !
Was considering it myself but needed conformation.

2 more I took :

Hi,

I bought these 2 al long time ago, but i've never been sure what they actually are.
They were labelled as .
I know the photos aren't that good and I will try to make some "belly" shots when I get the opportunity.

Birger,

Your cats look absolutely fabolous
By the way, what kind of catfish is that hanging above your H.Zebra on page one ?

Can white deadnettles be given without preparation ? And do they also contain lots of vitamin C ? Or are only the common stinging nettles and relatives good for feeding as I view on wikipedia that these 2 nettles are from a different family of plants . Would be nice to know, deadnettles don't sting ...

It may be early, but is there going to be another fantasy premier league this year ??

Congratulations !
BTW if you have questions glenny of this forum has spawn them a few times I think.

Well then of you listed fish, I would suggest you start with L066 or L333, someone else may have other suggestions. They are frequently available and regularly bred, but still present enough of a challange to a new pl*co keeper. Breeding these "easy" Hypancistrus species will be harder th...

yes :D i think that is a panaque maccus l104 just like my I personally don't agree with this , I bet on L002 , L169 or L397 but wich of those 3 it exactly is , is something for the more experienced loraciidlovers on the forum. Also if a P.maccus has stress-colors like this one it should be whole ye...

Welcome to the forum John !
Btw , are you the web owner of the rio xingu-site

If anyone has any input/ideas or if anyone else has spawned some of the larger pl*co's (panaque especially) in a tank i would love to hear from you. First of all let me say thats a great looking fishroom and some great fish you there. The good news is contrary to popular held belief some species of...

For being sick , she looks pretty good. I mean you see she's sick but it's not that bad like in most cases.

I go with leucosticta , if a BN is 7.5cm or bigger they got more bristles in most of the cases. But if it's a late-developer it could be a male.

You could hold the vegetables down with a spoon too. It's mutch safer for the fishes and everybody has got spoons in his/her kitchen.

I wouldn't like to fish this one out of the tank .

apistomaster wrote:There is almost nothing a banjo cat does that is not normal for them.

I agree with this , mine also does all sort of things .

Very nice.