Zoban

Should I be looking at caves at this point and what size cave for these lil guys would you suggest. Will try and get a better pic of them too as I would like to figure out the exact L### that they are for own curiosity as I see a lot of Ancistrus with different L###'s when I try and lookup the info on them.

The males of most livebearers that have longer them normal fins tend to have issues when the gonapodium (sp) is also elongated. EDIT

Thank You for your replies and confirmed what I was thinking on the Bristles and being male. At this point I can see tiny lil Bristles on the one the second has been difficult at best to get a good look at though. I do treat the pleco to cucumber as well, having a garden helps Didn't think they would be breeding ready as yet though, may have to look into that part soon then I thought.

Well it is actually too early yet to be overly concerned on genders but wanted to ask the easiest way to sex these lil fellas or umm gals. Have aquired two of them about 2 inches long each. This pic rather blurry but figured share anyway.

I want a pic of THAT .. lol..

Took a snap couple mins ago as there were quite a few of the fry in one spot for a change they never seem to all stay in same area for a decent pic.. Larger Version Larger Version

I keep Limnophila sessiliflora in my Nursery as a hiding place and have had very good look with fry counts to date. Err Guess should mention I keep the Nursery for Mollies, Platies and Swords. Currently has a spawn of 20ish + Molly fry about 2 weeks old.

Webcam feed of Zebra Fry Tank.. Figured I'd share my find. http://www.zebrapleco.com/zebcam3.php

Several floating options.. Hornwort, Water Sprite as a base start.. www.tropica.com has a great illustrated plant index..

Can order them online from Greenline.. http://www.aquaticplants.eu.com/acatalo ... _etc_.html

As per the breeding question When spawning, the pair will jump out of the water to a leaf (or glass covering) and attach themselves somehow with their fins. While attached, the female lays eggs and the male fertilizes them. After the pair have cycled through this feat and are done spawning, the male remains at the surface and splashes the eggs to keep them moist. The eggs hatch in about 2 days (typical hatch time of the so-called splash tetras). When the fry hatch, they fall into the water to fend for themselves. No further parenting has been observed.

I assume you already do but make sure they have check vavles first !!!

Had posted a pic of this on another board .. the "flush" tank is actually a smaller portion of the tank and the fish area is like a 3" thick "C" that wraps around it. Kinda neat but I mean fish watching me I not too sure about..

Does trying to get the boss to let me setup a tank in the office count as I am currently out of space at home for added tanks until I get the $$ for the 110Gal I want for the living room? 1 - 20 Gal tall 1 - 20 Gal hex tallish 1 - 10 Gal Nursery.. Wife made me give away my other two 10 Gals as I was unhappy with the covers and she caught the price on new covers and said forget it... Big a big new tank and stand not two lil covers and still be unhappy with the sizes.. Guess she is on myside for getting the large one at least

If you are wanting to try plants there is a plant index of some common one in the library of the main site compare these with what you like the look of what type of fish and size of tank (some plants grow huge) and what your LFS has in you price range.. PS: take the plants outta the lil basket if they come in one .. have seen it asked a few times and was semi unsure myself till I started searching through old posts.

When I am scooping up the plant particles that the mollies keep knocking off my Water Sprites I wish I had that trouble in catching fish .. Darn Mollies, Swords and Platties all nosey or whatever keep swimming right into the net. Makes for easy move to Nursery tank though.. Place bag in water and just wait till the right fish swims in, all of about 2 seconds it took to scoop out the female molly currently expectant.