Is something wrong with the "Who is online" statistic at the bottom of the Forum page? I usually check in almost every day. For a long time it was 2-3 hundred on line and most ever of 1500 and some. A few weeks ago it seemed to change drastically, with 1000+ on line and huge increases in most ever ...

I have always taken the male, cave and eggs and moved them gently to their own small tank. When the fry are all out of the cave put cave and male back in the original tank.

Trying to read spawning reports for Julii cories and an ad covers the report. Cannot seem to remove the ad to view the report.

Another thing to check would be water circulation. Coming to the surface could be a sign of poor oxygen levels at the bottom. Filter flow dropped off, power head stuck, reduced surface agitation would reduce the oxygen at the bottom. I don't know if low oxygen levels would cause your problem, but it ...

I have well water. My pH is at 8.3. I have CW021, C.Aeneus, C.Ehrhardti, C.metae, C.Paleatus, C.Panda. They all are doing great and spawning. Your 8.0 pH should not be a problem unless you want wild caught fish.