Wow thank you so much for sharing your wealth of knowledge!

Congratulations on your success!

Could I please check what size caves are good for L173? I understand they're larger than L46 so the 1" x 1.5" size caves used for L46 would be too small?

I ended up going with random mode and so far it seems to be working out ok

Thanks, I do understand that and the primary purpose of the wavemaker are for surface agitation to increase oxygenation. I was just hoping to give them a flow pattern that they would prefer - e.g. marine species hide amongst reef rocks but prefer random or wave patterns over constant flow

Awesome thanks!

Currently my hypancistrus tanks are utilizing a straightforward jebao wavemaker on constant flow mode for additional surface agitation and flow. I have just torn down my office reef tank and now have a spare maxspect gyre that I intend to use to replace the jebao so that the flow will be even throug...

Thank you Geoff. I already have the 4.4lbs bottles of BS, SG and S&G. I have written to Allen Repashy on Facebook and he kindly replied. His recommendation is that S&G be fed for a period of 3 months to condition fish, but it can be mixed with other formulas to prolong the feeding period. He...

I read about S&G not being for regular use, that's why I thought "diluting" it to only 25% would make it suitable for conditioning adults and growing juveniles, similar to the Growth formula of New Life Spectrum. For me I need to have movement in the tank. I can't have tanks with pleco...

Thank you everyone for your feedback so far! I have to admit I have always had a soft spot for zebra otos, so when I was setting up the tank for L46, and my LFS had stock of several hundred zebra otos, I just went ahead to get me some clean up crew without thinking about too much else. As an update,...

I'm setting up a new tank for adult L46 And I will be keeping them with some otocinclus as clean up crew. I know otocinclus are not herbivores per se, but I understand they appreciate quite abit of greens in their food. L46 on the other hand are carnivores. The tank now holds just the otocinclus as ...

I've recently been setting up a Rio Negro biotope aquarium for my Heckel discus and Satanoperca daemon. Both these species are native to the Rio Negro and prefer low pH of preferably below 5. As L114 comes from the Rio Negro as well, I'm thinking of adding a few of these fish into the aquarium. Howe...