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Gorgeous looking tank! And makes me miss having my gudgies! I’d definitely consider upping your females, otherwise those two will likely get harassed by the males. They shouldn’t get aggressive towards them though, just might wear them out. When my gudgeons were breeding, the males were very...

In addition to what’s already been mentioned, Repashy foods are also great if you can get them - bottom scratcher, soilent green, and morning wood are all good varieties. My BN also go nuts for sheets of seaweed (I buy Omega One brand), though I don’t feed it that often.

Been quite awhile, but the tank is still going strong! The main light just died, so I'll need to get a replacement soon. Other than that, it continues to be low maintenance for us. Just picked up four otos today to start their quarantine. I've had three otos in the 75 gallon for several months...

I have unsexed bristlenose plecos for sale, bred and raised in my aquariums in Maryland. Raised on a variety of algae wafers, Repashy, and occasional veggies. Super red: approx. 1-1.5” - $9 each or 3 for $24 approx. 2" - $12 (only a couple available) blue eye lemon: approx 0.75-1" - $8...

Hmm I'll definitely need to get some photos of them settled in with better color, to see if we can narrow down the species for sure. Though looking at them today, it looks like they all have an orange/red outline on the rear dorsal, so perhaps they’re all dorsigera.

Things have gotten way more under control in this tank - whew! Thinned the vals a little plus gave them a major haircut, so there’s a lot more light penetration and more surface flow. We added two synodontis petricola/luscipinnis to our existing group a couple weeks ago. I wasn’t really...

Sorry, apparently I’d missed your comment. So far, the embers and green neons seem to have similar hardiness for me. I like the green neons better between the two, because their color seems to pop better with my scape and lighting, but behavior is otherwise quite similar.

Today was water change day for my four tanks (75 gal, 20 gal long, two 10 gals). Then I slightly thinned the vals in the 75 gal and gave the remaining ones a haircut so they weren't causing stagnant water on top. I spent some time watching my baby super red BN plecos in one of the 10 gallons -...

I just picked up four Laetacara from my LFS. They were sold as L. curviceps, but I admittedly have no idea whether they're actually curviceps vs dorsigera. Hopefully once they color up I can ask the experts here :) Pretty sure one is male based on elongated fins, not sure on the other three -...

Currently acclimating a pair of blue eye lemon bristlenoses that I traded the last of my current super red offspring for. Also got a rare good look at our chonk of a female standard bristlenose, who we've had for 6 years give or take. She rules our 75 gallon.

Thanks for that - I'm glad to have the correct ID for them so that I don't perpetuate misinformation! From what I can find online, it does sound like they're fairly similar to curviceps with regards to their size and recommended tank parameters, so hopefully they'll still work in my setup.

Thanks! Glad to know they tend to be hardy. These ones are tank bred, though I don't know how many generations. They sent me some pics of the parents in addition to the juveniles - see below. Do they look like curviceps or another species to you? I'm admittedly okay if they're another species...

I found someone selling 5 packs of juvenile L. curviceps (only ~0.5" right now), so I might go that route. Hopefully I'd eventually get a pair out of them once they mature a bit. Long-term I'd keep the pair in the 20 gallon and either move the others to my 75 or rehome them (probably the...

In researching various species to decide what I'm going to add to my 20 gallon long, I came across Laetacara. They seem like the perfect size for adding a pair to my 20 gallon long; the only other fish are some green neons and ember tetras as dither fish. In your experience, how hardy have you...

Looks like that might be about 5 hrs away since I'm near Silver Spring, MD, so a bit too far to want to drive for pickup. I'll just plan to touch base in January after the holidays to see if you still have them then. :)

Ugh. Over the course of a month I ended up losing both rams (made another post in the sick fish forum). Super frustrating, and I wish I knew exactly why. Initially, I was thinking perhaps they were just weak/sick stock when I got them. However, I'd picked up a second GBR female from another LFS...

Update to say the male ram ended up not making it either. His fin started to look better, but then he had a wound on his head starting around Nov 5th that looked possibly like HITH/hexamita, not sure. I had been feeding meto in food, plus I'd tried a tank dose of kanaplex, but sadly lost him on...

Do you still have sterbai cories available? And would there be a chance of shipping this week, or probably just waiting until January at this point due to holidays? (edit to add - may also be able to do a pickup, depending on where in VA you are)

Overall sad update. I decided to try a dose of kanaplex last night, in case they were wounds and it was a bacterial issue. Sadly, the female didn’t make it and found her dead earlier today. On the bright side, I’d say the white spot on the male’s fin looks a bit better, so that’s something...

Okay, I'm still not sure what's going on but things have gotten worse. I can't tell if the new changes are due to injuries (the two rams sparring?) or if there's been an escalation in possible illness. Male ram: has a small red patch on his lower lip. He also still has the white patch on his...