I have a trio of Hoplosternum Littorale that are in a bare bottomed 55 gal tank. The three of them appear to be very happy in there but I am looking for suggestions for tank mates for them since the tank appears to be basically empty. Any suggestions that will provide some activity in the tank, yet ...

I would like to find out how others are successfully breeding and raising these catfish. I have 7 of them in a 65 gal tank with a single frontosa. Of my seven I have at least 4 females. The first problem I am having is with unfertilized or bad eggs. It seems like there is a large percentage of bad ...

Does anyone know if the petricola eggs / wigglers / fry are light sensitive?

In order to conserve energy, I have been collecting eggs/wigglers and putting them in a floating container in my main tank with a gentle flow of air. This saves adding a tank with a heater to an already too high electric ...

I am new and in need of some help :shock:

While I was cleaning my 70 gal tank today, I lifted up a flowerpot that is in the tank for shelter, and I found a single synodontis petricola fry :D . It is about 5/8" long, so it probably has been in there awhile. This tells me two things: the first is ...