Thanks Jo. Since I reduced the amount of various pads and other media in the eheim, and I have cut the veggie feeding down to 2-3 days a week, all seems fine. I have been feeding them both Repashy Soilent Green and Supergreen. I can't say that the Gold Nuggets rush out for the Repashy like they do ...

Thanks syno. Well, that's not an altogether bad idea. There's certainly an argument, and evidently evidence that, for example Discus do just fine if they fast for a day or even a few days every few weeks. If I go away for a long weekend, they're fine. They're certainly more alert when I get home ...

Thanks Bekateen, I appreciate the complement.

And Andy, I also appreciate the input. Unfortunately I probably won't be able to get another 125, so we'll just have to see if a 65 will work in the future. I have no room for another huge tank--but I do play the Lottery occaisionally--so never say ...

Sorry I didn't respond yesterday, but I was disheartened to hear that I've overstocked the 37 gallon. I was actually hoping to introduce 2 spotted medusa plecos (L255s) to the tank--assuming I can find any. I've been looking for months. (I thought those would be good for the GNs since they live in ...

Nice pic. What are those? the juvi bristlenose?

I've tried the rapashy. Hell, I even bought a few "flavors" and then even tried to mix some (i.e., soylent geen with meat pie, etc.). They won't touch it. They wait for the veggies or, just recently, eat the pleco wafer. I'm too afraid to let them go ...

Thanks again Eric and now thank you NCE. BTW, nice to meet you both. I do overfeed, no question about that. I like to see the plecos with full fat little bellies. Since I've noticed that my other Gold Nuggets in the Discus Tank eat black worms (and they just move in and the Discus seem to make way ...

Thanks Eric. By the way, call me IJ. I usually only leave the veggies in overnight--never more than 24 hours or else they're shredded to nothing... and since there are 7 total plecos, and I saw fighting once, I put out between 6 and 8 portions all around the tank.

When they turn to mush, and that ...

Hello all. First hello all and forgive me if I ramble. l just got into catfish about a year ago when I bought a couple of Gold Nuggets for my 125 gallon Discus Tank. A few months ago I set up a 37 gallon w/ 5 Gold Nuggets (L018s) and 2 bushy-nose ancistrus (no clue as to their L number--they were ...