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Yes, they have plenty of normal caves but he picked this one. I'm debating just taking the whole thing out once he leaves it this time.

Hello everyone, I have a male bristlenose pleco that has decided to live in the one fake bit of decor, it's like a tree branch looking thing, that has a hollow spot in it. Now he routinely hides in there and then comes out. He now has a clutch of fry which are old enough to be out but he is...

Well...I believe that this story has, for now, come to an end. Unless I'm mistaken the parents have likely eaten the babies, maybe they got to the swimming stage while I was at work and became irresistible bite-sized snacks but, either way, I do not see any swimmers or wrigglers in the tank and...

#coralbandit - Thank you so much for the advice, it is amazing to have you here helping. It's probably silly but I'm so nervous. Haha. I might be able to recruit some help for midday feedings but it's unlikely to happen every day. So it's good to know I can get by with two feedings. Some of the...

coralbandit - I'm hoping for swimmers by tomorrow! Do you feed them as soon as they hit the swimming stage? Another thing I'm a little worried about is that I work 10 hour days and so realistically can only feed twice daily. Is this going to be an issue? I'm hoping my tank has enough other...

Update for today: So far so good. Last night the parents moved the wigglers from the pit up onto the driftwood. No idea why they decided to do it but there you go, that's fish for you. They spent the night on their elevated perch and I assume early this morning the parents moved them back down...

coralbandit - Thank you! I was biting my nails from the moment they laid eggs until now. I'm still pretty nervous truthfully but I've also sort of accepted that whatever happens, happens. And thanks for the advice about moving the parents instead of the fry, we'll see how things go with just...

Thanks jmaldo. I started my brine shrimp this evening and also have an active daphnia culture that I'm hoping to be able to switch them to as that tends to be easier for me than brine shrimp. I haven't seen a lot of information about using daphnia here in the states but supposedly they use them...

Oh sorry! I suppose I should have mentioned it or shared some pictures. Here they are! Electric blue (male) and black (female).

I really just wanted to share my excitement with some fellow fish enthusiasts since most everyone I know is not nearly as excited about this as I am. Not only did my rams lay eggs but today, I have confirmed, I have wrigglers!! I am so beyond excited by this and wanted to share it with you all...

I have eheim classic 2213 on mine.

I have mine set up similar except I didn't take the back piece out and mine still closes.

It's worked great for me personally. I left the stock filter as is, threw an extra bag of mixed media (bioballs/rings/ect) in the center section and the canister in the back. My water has been crystal clear. I should add I threw a bag of purigen in the canister as well, I think that has helped a...

Thanks for the responses coralbandit. Definitely disappointing to watch. I'm really inclined to think that she has no eyesight which may be playing into why she stays at the bottom, also would explain why she doesn't appear to react when I turn the lights on/off. I wish I could put her back...

In your experience do they die rather quickly on their own or do you end up euthanizing? Here's a couple photos I just snapped of her, one with the aquarium lights off and the other with them on.

Alright, so I've held off on posting this for a while but at this point, I'm at a loss of what I should do and I'm wondering if anyone more experienced than I am could weigh in with opinions or any ideas/thoughts they may have. My female EBR recently started acting just a little 'off', prior...

I can't really give you much in the way of suggestions of which fish to keep but I think part of the reason you may be getting varying information regarding which tank size may, in part, be because of what you are asking for and different peoples perspective on what such a pet needs. A large...

I have one assassin in my 32 gallon that has ramshorns and pond snails, he does a good job keeping the population in check without decimating it and seems to prefer the smaller/mid sized snails. I have a few snails that grew to bigger size and he appears to leave those alone. Not saying it will...

Sadly no, he is not. The person didn't reply and so the pick up basically fell through. Annoying for sure but nothing much I can really do about it. So I've basically thrown in the towel on this betta. I did end up setting the tank up for a different reason as it's housing a different fish for...

Tiny filter so you could only fit in a tiny amount...so you could in theory buy a small bag and then pour the amount you need into an even smaller mesh bag to use. I looked it up online and it appears there is a filter extension, you could consider getting that if you find you need more room for...